National Museum of Military History (Angola)

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National Museum of Military History in Luanda

The National Museum of Military History (Portuguese: Museu Nacional de História Militar ) is located in the São Miguel Fortress in the center of Luanda . It deals with the military struggles for independence from Angola .

history

In the fortress built in 1575 by the first Portuguese governor of Angola, Paulo Dias de Novais , the Central Museum of the Angolan Armed Forces (Museu Central das Forças Armadas) was established on July 31, 1978 . For decades it was in a desolate state. On April 4, 2013, the National Museum of Military History opened after extensive renovation .

exhibition

Military T-6 aircraft in the Luanda Military Museum

Military vehicles of the three liberation movements MPLA , FNLA and UNITA as well as the South African army , the fuselage of the Mirage fighter aircraft of the South African air force , artillery parts and military aircraft of the type T-6 of the Portuguese armed forces are shown, along with other American, Russian, Italian and British war material.

Furthermore, statues of historical personalities that were scattered around the city's squares during the Portuguese colonial period are on display, including those of Diogo Cão , the first European to set foot on Angolan soil in 1482, of Paulo Dias de Novais, the founder of Luanda, Vasco da Gama , the Portuguese discoverer of the sea ​​route to India , Salvador Correia de Sá , the Portuguese admiral who liberated Angola from Dutch occupation in the 17th century, Luís de Camões , the most important poet of the Portuguese language , and one at the museum entrance large bronze statue of Queen Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba and of Agostinho Neto , the first President of Angola.

National flag

A special attraction is the gigantic flag of 18 × 12 m on a 75 m high mast with a weight of 75 tons, at the top of which there is an aeronautical signal light. The amount refers to the year of the country's independence. The flag is hoisted on 12 occasions a year.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Museu Nacional de História Militar em Angola patrialatina.com.br , September 11, 2016, accessed on November 11, 2019
  2. ↑ Museu Nacional de História Militar em Angola patrialatina.com.br , September 11, 2016, accessed on November 11, 2019
  3. ↑ Fortaleza de São Miguel redeangola.info , April 21, 2016, accessed on November 11, 2019
  4. ↑ O que visitar? Museu Nacional da História Militar turismoangola.com , accessed on November 11, 2019
  5. ↑ Cinco museus para visitar em Luanda bercodomundo.com , January 2018, accessed on November 11, 2019
  6. ↑ Tributo aos heróis jornaldeangola.sapo.ao , April 22, 2013, accessed on November 11, 2019

Coordinates: 8 ° 51 ′ 24.7 ″  S , 13 ° 12 ′ 59.5 ″  E