The Monument ''Tortura Nunca Mais'' is a

monument A monument is a type of structure that was explicitly created to commemorate a person or event, or which has become relevant to a social group as a part of their remembrance of historic times or cultural heritage, due to its artistic, his ...

located in Padre Henrique plaza in

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Pernambuco Pernambuco () is a state of Brazil, located in the Northeast region of the country. With an estimated population of 9.6 million people as of 2020, making it seventh-most populous state of Brazil and with around 98,148 km², being the 19 ...

, Brazil. It was conceived by the architect . It was the first monument built in honor of the dead and disappeared during the military dictatorship. Its construction was the result of a

public tender Government procurement or public procurement is the procurement of goods, services and works on behalf of a public authority, such as a government agency. Amounting to 12 percent of global GDP in 2018, government procurement accounts for a subst ...

ing made by Recife's city hall in 1988, which envisaged not only the construction of a monument which could represent the

torture Torture is the deliberate infliction of severe pain or suffering on a person for reasons such as punishment, extracting a confession, interrogation for information, or intimidating third parties. Some definitions are restricted to acts c ...

conditions and disrespect to

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to which the population was subjected during the

Brazilian military government The military dictatorship in Brazil ( pt, ditadura militar) was established on 1 April 1964, after a coup d'état by the Brazilian Armed Forces, with support from the United States government, against President João Goulart. The Brazilian dicta ...

but also the revitalization of Recife since. It was inaugurated on August 27, 1993, and it is, since then, considered to be one of the tourist attractions of Recife.

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