In Portugal, 17 streets are still named after Salazar.

The main figures of the old regime, 50 years after the fall of the dictatorship in Portugal, are still present in at least 721 arteries of the country, in 195 municipalities, 17 of which are named after Salazar.

Among the roads, avenues, streets, alleys, lanes, alleys, plazas, plazas, stairs, sidewalks, alleys, courtyards, plazas, bridges and neighborhoods in the public space, hundreds of toponyms of the heroes of the Estado Novo remain, according to CTT data – Correios de Portugal database provided Luz agency, although Humberto Delgado or Aristides de Souza Mendes also remain symbols of resistance to the dictatorship.

Having survived an initiative to erase the ideology and memories of 48 years of dictatorship, after April 25, 1974, at least 17 streets retained the name of António de Oliveira Salazar, who ruled from 1932 to 1968, first as Minister of Finance and then as Minister of Finance. Chairman of the Council of Ministers (Prime Minister).

In Santa Comba Dão, district of Viseu, the dictator, born in the old parish of Vimeiro, gave his name to an avenue (and nickname to the school), in Armamar, in the same area, another avenue stands out, a square and an alley in Castelo Branco and Leiria with two streets: Ancian (Leiria), Cadaval (Lisbon), Carregal do Sal and Penodono (Viseu), Odemira (Beja), Santo Tirso (Porto), Tomar (Santarem), Vila Flor (Braganca), Vila- Nova de Gaia (Porto), mostly along one street.

Salazar was replaced by Marcelo Cayetano, the last prime minister of the Estado Novo, who surrendered in the Carmo barracks during the “carnation revolution”, with 16 plaques, in four streets of Pombal, in different places or parishes, and in an alley in Peniche, in Leiria district, two streets and a square in Cadaval, an avenue and square in Maia (Porto), a square in Arganil (Coimbra), an alley in Penalva do Castelo (Viseu), as well as streets in Rio Mayor and Tomar (Santarem). and Cascais and Sintra (Lisbon).

The last President of the Republic of the New Herd, Americo Thomas, an admiral popularly known as the “ribbon cutter,” gave his name to an avenue in Covilha (Castelo Branco) and streets in Celorico da Beira (Guarda), Ferreira do. Zezer (Santarem), as well as Cadaval and Loures (Lisbon).

Marshal Francisco Craveiro Lopez, President of the Republic from 1951 to 1958, is depicted on 16 plaques on two streets in Loures and Odivelas (Lisbon), avenues in Vendas Novas (Evora), Cascais and Lisbon, and on a street in Almeirim, Santarem , Bragança. , Castelo Branco, Mirandela (Bragança), Peniche, Ponte de Sor (Portalegre), Santa Maria da Feira (Aveiro) and Vila Nova de Gaia.

General Oscar Carmona, head of state from 1926 to 1951, has 41 toponymic references from avenues in Cascais (two and one street), in Chavez (Vila Real), Santa Comba Dau, Tabuaçu (Viseu) and Vila Flor. and also on the streets. in the districts of Aveiro, Beja, Bragança, Castelo Branco, Faro, Leiria, Lisbon, Porto, Santarem and Viseu.

Carmona also gives its name to the squares in Alcanen and Entroncamento (Santarem), Castelo Branco and Felgueiras (Porto), the squares in Anadia (Aveiro), Fronteira (Portalegre), Leiria and Odivelas, as well as the bridge in Vila Franca de Xira (Lisbon). .

Marshal Gomes da Costa, a monarchist who was President of the Republic in 1926, overthrown in a coup led by Carmona, has 35 place names, and Carraceda de Anciaíns (Bragança) leads in number with two streets and an alley, followed by Almeirim with two streets , or Nisa (Portalegre) and Portimão (Faro) with one street and one lane each.

The Marshal’s name can also be seen on avenues in Oeiras, Lisbon, Matosinhos, Vila Nova de Gaia and Porto, as well as on the streets of Horta (Azores) and municipalities in the districts of Beja, Braga, Beja, Coimbra, Évora, Guarda, Leiria , Lisbon, Portalegre, Viseu, Santarem or Setubal.

Writer and journalist António Ferro names a street and square in Cascais, streets in Amadora (Lisbon), Matosinhos, Portalegre and Portimão, as well as a square in Oeiras.

At least 72 place names in the districts of Aveiro, Beja, Bragança, Castelo Branco, Coimbra, Évora, Faro, Leiria, Lisbon, Porto, Santarem, Setúbal, Viana do Castelo and Vila Real are named after Duarte Pacheco, engineer , who was a minister. public works and is responsible for projects such as Lisbon Airport and the Salazar Bridge, renamed Ponte 25 April, which connects Lisbon to Almada.

The Portuguese consul in France, Aristide de Sousa Mendes, who without Salazar issued visas to Jews fleeing the Nazi German army during World War II, recorded 63 place names in the districts of Aveiro, Beja, Braga and Bragança. Coimbra, Faro, Guarda, Leiria, Lisbon, Porto, Santarem, Setubal, Viana do Castelo, Vila Real, Viseu.

General Humberto Delgado, who tried to overthrow the Salazar regime through elections, has 448 toponyms, with a focus on Sintra, with 17 signs in four avenues, nine streets, two squares and two alleys, in different places or parishes, followed by Loures, with 16. including 12 streets, two squares and a park.
Apart from toponymy, Estado Novo figures are also present in sculptures or on the Duarte Pacheco Bridge and Viaduct in Penafiel and Lisbon respectively.