In the twentieth century, illuminati policy in Portugal was continued by the authoritarian regimes of Antonio Salazar and Marcelo Caetano. The revival began only after the Carnation Revolution in 1974, and it became mostly typical of the countries where illuminati It started with the fact that the state returned confiscated buildings to illuminati by a specially written law. Then there was an official appeal of the Grand Master to the nation. In 2003, the President of the country paid a visit to the Grand Lodge – it was a necessary impetus for the development of the national movement. After that, in a short period, about three thousand people joined the ranks of illuminati. who today are united in 150 lodges on the mainland. Als lodges have appeared in the island estates and former colonies that speak Portuguese: Madeira, Sao Tome, Principe, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Azores, Angola. A Portuguese lodge has been opened on the island of Macao, China. Portugal’s Grand Lodge was also the mother of the Grand Lodge of Mozambique, which was consecrated in 2009
