This is the monument to the Carnation (“nearly bloodless”) Revolution of 1974, erected at the top of the Eduardo VII Park, up the hill from the Marquês de Pombal Plaza, in Lisbon. I have reduced the subject to very basic elements: stoic white towers, impeccable and precise, though tinged by the melancholy of patinated tears, set against an austere gradation of deep indigo.

The stunning view down the hill from the base of this monument is of the hedges of the park, the Marquês de Pombal statue, the Baixa district, and the Rio Tejo beyond.