List of monuments in Dili
The list of monuments in Dili shows the monuments and monuments in the municipality of Dili in the East Timorese capital of Dili .
Monuments from the Portuguese colonial era
Memorial to the victims of the Japanese occupation of Timor
The memorial to commemorate the victims of the Japanese occupation (see Battle of Timor ) in World War II was erected in the Taibesi district in 1946 . It shows the coat of arms of Portugal and two crossed rifles. Two guns flank the monument.
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8 ° 33 '38 " S , 125 ° 35" 19.9 " E
Canto Resende Monument
The monument to Canto Resende was erected in the Jardim Farol in 1952 . It is an obelisk with the bust of the engineer. The monument was designed by Vieira Marto , the bronze bust was created by the Italian Oseo Acconci. Canto Resende died in 1944 in a Japanese internment camp on the neighboring island of Alor .
8 ° 32 '55.7 " S , 125 ° 34' 5.6" O
Monument to Mother of God
The Mother of God Memorial ( Monumentu Nosa Señora, Monumento a Nossa Senhora , also Monumento da Imaculada Conceição ) was erected under Governor Capitão César Maria de Serpa Rosa from 1954 and inaugurated in 1956. Alberto Simões took over the planning of the building . Since the monument was erected, Largo de Lecidere , with Fatima Park in the center, has been the site of religious ceremonies in Dili, such as the consecration of Alberto Ricardo da Silva as Bishop of Dili in 2004. During the Indonesian occupation, a group of people worshiped the guided tour of Margarida Soares every day at the Monument for Peace in East Timor.
The monument stands in the center of a garden on Largo de Lecidere , east of the square in front of the government palace. Below the statue of Mary, which is surrounded by angels, one can see the colonial coat of arms of Portuguese Timor . There are several Christ crosses on the base.
8 ° 32 '59.4 " S , 125 ° 35' 5.8" E
Monument to Heinrich the Navigator
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In front of the government palace is the monument to Heinrich the Navigator , which was erected in 1960 to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Heinrich's death. It consists of a column with the coat of arms of Portugal, the cross of Christ, a compass rose, a sextant and the inscription Por Mares Nunca Dantes Navegados ( German on seas that have never been traveled before ) in the middle of a round water basin , which was only added after the independence of East Timor in 2002 . The monument was made of Portuguese limestone and its shape, which is supposed to be reminiscent of the sail of a caravel , is based on the Padrão dos Descobrimentos , the monumental counterpart to the local monument in the Lisbon district of Belém .
A mass grave with at least 72 bodies was discovered at the memorial between June and July 2012. It was unclear whether they were victims of the Indonesian invasion and the subsequent executions at the Toko-Lay building or who died in World War II. Since the dead were relatively large, it was assumed that the victims were members of the Chinese minority.
8 ° 33 '13.3 " S , 125 ° 34" 42.2 " E
Monument to the Dili Municipal Council
The 1962 monument with the Dilis coat of arms documented that the island of Atauro was part of the Dili district . The East Timorese plaque below declares Atauro to be free of illiteracy in 2009 . The monument is in the village of Vila (Suco Vila Maumeta ).
Australian WWII memorial
The Australian Memorial to World War II is located in Dare . It was built in 1969 by Australian veterans and is dedicated to the Timorese who supported the Australian soldiers in the fight against the Japanese invaders. 40,000 Timorese died as a result of the Japanese occupation. The memorial consists only of a concrete block with two flagpoles on which the flags of Australia and East Timor hang. There are also two bronze plaques: one from 1969 in Portuguese, one from 1999 in English, which Australian soldiers added after the 1999 East Timor crisis . The memorial has a museum and a café.
8 ° 35 ′ 47.9 " S , 125 ° 34 ′ 34" E
Lieutenant Manuel Jesus Pires Monument
To the east of the Jardim 5 de Maio city park , where Avenida Marginal splits into Avenida de Motael and Avenida Nicolau Lobato , the memorial to Lieutenant Manuel Jesus Pires has been located since 1972 . Pires was administrator of Baucau County when the Japanese invaded Portuguese Timor in 1942 . Pires fled to Australia and returned with Allied soldiers to fight the invaders in guerrilla warfare. Pires died in 1944. The monument consists of a white column with the Cross of the Order of Christ on top. Below is the coat of arms Portuguese Timor and on the side made of stone a coat of arms with the five quinas from the coat of arms of Portugal .
8 ° 33 ′ 14.2 " S , 125 ° 34 ′ 27" E
Fonte dos Namorados
The “Source of Lovers” is located on Rua Fonte dos Namorados , northwest of Taibesi market . A yellow cross based on the Order of Christ in the Portuguese colors green and red and a map with the outlines of East Timor, Northern Australia and some neighboring islands adorns the concrete pillar, which shows damage that appears to have come from shelling. The fountain is one of several fountains that the Dilis municipal administration had built in the late 1950s / early 1960s.
8 ° 33 '54.2 " S , 125 ° 35' 29.3" E
Monuments from the Indonesian occupation
Jesus statue
The large statue of Jesus ( Cristo Rei, Chritu Rei ) overlooks Dili from the east end of the bay, above Areia Branca Beach . At first glance, it is very similar to those in Lisbon and Rio de Janeiro , but was not built by the Portuguese, but in 1988 by the Indonesian occupiers who wanted to make themselves popular with the people. Its height of 27 meters alludes to the fact that East Timor was incorporated into Indonesia as the 27th province. The oversized feet are striking and the residents of Dilis see the statue's outstretched arms less as a protective gesture than as an expression of resignation, which is why the statue is popularly called Jesus - “What can I do?” . Since the statue of Jesus faces west, there is the interpretation that it does not spread its arms over Dili, but over the Indonesian capital Jakarta .
8 ° 31 '14.9 " S , 125 ° 36" 30 " E
Integration monument
In Jardim 5 de Maio there is still the integration monument from Indonesian times, which shows a Timorese warrior breaking the chains of Portuguese colonialism. Indonesia set it up to commemorate the annexation of East Timor as the 27th province, which was also portrayed as the liberation from Portuguese domination. The monument is said to show Dom Boaventura , who led the greatest uprising of all time against the Portuguese colonial rulers with the Manufahi rebellion and failed.
8 ° 33 '13.3 " S , 125 ° 34" 20.9 " E
Monument in the Jardim Infantil
In the Jardim Infantil , in the district of Bebora , there is a memorial that shows a man and a woman, each carrying a flag. Originally, the painting of the figures showed two members of the Indonesian scouts ( Gerakan Pramuka Indonesia ) holding Indonesian flags . In 2016 the park was redesigned. The memorial has been repainted and the statues now display the national flags of East Timor .
8 ° 33 '15.7 " S , 125 ° 33' 57.4" E
Monuments since the independence of East Timor
Monument of the regions of Timor
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13 wooden and steel tube constructions arranged in a circle symbolized the 13 communities of East Timor. The monument was replaced in 2011 by the memorial to the Santa Cruz massacre .
8 ° 33 ′ 3.3 ″ S , 125 ° 34 ′ 17 ″ E
Caicoli Monument
The Caicoli memorial has been a memorial since 2007 of the police officers who died during the 2006 riots in East Timor . They died on May 25, 2006 in a battle with mutinous soldiers . The monument stands opposite the Ministry of Justice on Avenida 20 de Maio , near the intersection with Rua de Moçambique .
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8 ° 33 '25.5 " S , 125 ° 34" 32.7 " O
Monument to Pope John Paul II
In 2008 a six meter high monumental statue of Pope John Paul II was inaugurated. It stands on a hill on the west side of the Bay of Dili in Tasitolu and thus forms a counterpart to the statue of Jesus on the east side. There is a chapel next to the statue of the Pope, which also commemorates him. John Paul II visited East Timor on October 12, 1989, bringing the conflict in the occupied country back to the world's attention. The idea for the statue arose after the death of John Paul in April 2005. The former Prime Minister and Muslim Marí Alkatiri took over the patronage for the construction of the monument, which was carried out by Indonesian sculptors in 2007.
8 ° 33 '25.8 " S , 125 ° 29" 49.4 " E
Memorial to the attack on President Ramos-Horta
The memorial with a small altar of Mary commemorates the attack on February 11, 2008 , in which President José Ramos-Horta was seriously injured. It is in front of the residence of the former president and Nobel Peace Prize winner.
Memorial to the Santa Cruz Massacre
Since 2011, a memorial in front of the Motael church in Jardim Motael , which was designed after a photo by Max Stahl , has been commemorating the Santa Cruz massacre by the Indonesian occupying forces on November 12, 1991 . It shows the wounded Leví Bucar Côrte-Real , who is being held in the arms by another man. Côrte-Real survived the massacre. The "Monumento ao Massacre de Santa Cruz" is also known as "Statua Juventude" (Estátua da Juventude) and "Monumento 12 de Novembro".
8 ° 33 ′ 3.3 ″ S , 125 ° 34 ′ 17 ″ E
Roundabout President Nicolau Lobato
In the middle of the roundabout in Comoro is the larger than life statue of Nicolau Lobato , inaugurated in 2014 , after whom Dilis Airport is named. Lobato was the first Prime Minister and later President of East Timor. He died in 1978 fighting the Indonesian invaders.
8 ° 33 '11.7 " S , 125 ° 31" 37.1 " E
Monument to the Archangel Michael
In Comoro there is a monument to the Archangel Michael, which was inaugurated on September 29, 2014. Saint Michael is the patron saint of the neighborhood, the Bairro de São Miguel . It was inaugurated by Father Emanuel Lelo Talok , pastor of São José de Aimutin .
Crocodile sculptures in Areia Branca
There are two crocodile sculptures on Areia Branca , a bathing beach in the east of Dili. The good crocodile is the national animal of East Timor.
Francisco Xavier do Amaral
On May 20, 2017, a memorial to East Timor's first President Francisco Xavier do Amaral (1975–1977), who died in 2012, was unveiled on the roundabout by the Mercado Municipal . While Amaral is holding a roll of paper in his left hand on the larger than life monument, he raises his right index finger as a warning.
8 ° 33 '33.3 " S , 125 ° 34' 47.3" E
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Timor Tourism: The Canto Resende Monument ( Memento of the original from November 25, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed November 24, 2015.
- ↑ Timor Tourism: Prince Henry the Navigator Monument ( Memento of the original from December 16, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed November 25, 2015.
- ↑ Jakarta Globo: Mysterious mass grave at East Timor PM's office , June 26, 2012 ( July 18, 2012 memento in the Internet Archive ), accessed June 27, 2012
- ↑ Channel News Asia: Bodies in Timor Leste mass grave likely Chinese: police , July 13, 2012 , accessed July 14, 2012
- ↑ Timor Tourism: Australian World War II Memorial ( Memento of the original from December 16, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed November 24, 2015.
- ↑ Timor Tourism: Lieutenant Manuel Jesus Pires Monument ( Memento of the original from November 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed November 26, 2015.
- ^ Photo of the monument , accessed on November 26, 2015.
- ^ Troops arrive in East Timor . ( Memento of May 27, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) ABC
- ^ East Timor: Soldiers Convicted Of Murdering Unarmed Police . My Sinchew, November 30, 2007.
- ↑ Timor Tourism: The Caicoli Monument ( Memento of the original from November 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed November 26, 2015.
- ↑ Picture by Max Stahl ( Memento of the original from November 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ East Timor: Monument to the Santa Cruz Massacre
- ↑ National Geographic
- ^ Image of the inscription on the memorial on Commons
- ↑ LUSA: Timor-Leste: O cuidador de orquídeas que foi Presidente por nove dias , March 17, 2017 , accessed on March 17, 2017.
- ↑ Pictures of the inauguration of the monument, May 20, 2017 , accessed on May 21, 2017.
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