Tag: North Goa Heritage
Church of St. Cajetan
Opposite Se Cathedral, beyond the road is a large and beautiful Church of St. Cajetan built of laterite blocks, which were lime-plastered. The facade...
Professed House and Basilica of Bom Jesus
Immediately to the south of the main road is the Professed House, a two-storeyed laterite building. Despite the opposition which the Jesuits faced, the...
Chapel of St. Catherine
Church of St. Francis of Assisi
Further to the west of the Church of St. Francis of Assisi is the Chapel of St. Catherine. Built...
Se Cathedral
This is the largest church among the group, and measures 35.36 m high on the façade, 76.2 m long and 55.16 m wide. Built...
Old Goa – Short History
Detail of a hero-stone with a royal personage sitting on a throne. (Fourteen century AD) ASI Museum Old Goa.
The area around Old Goa extending...
Old Goa – Paintings & Sculpture
Floral designs on the walls of the Church of St. Francis of Assisi
Paintings
The paintings in the churches were done on wooden boards and fixed...
Old Goa – Art and Architecture
For the Portuguese of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, politics and religion went hand in hand. Any conquest or colonization was done with religious...
Old Goa – Recent Explorations
During the course of explorations, a lower Palaeolithic site at Shigao on the Dudhasagar river was located from where a unifacial chopper was found.
Open...
Church Complex with Church of St. Francis of Assisi and Se...
The ancient grandeur of this city cannot be adequately visualized as most of the buildings of importance have now totally disappeared leaving only traces...
Old Goa – General Information
This guide to Old Goa is an account on the architectural masterpieces in the form of cathedrals, churches, chapels and convents for which Old...