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500  SOUTHWESTERN INDIA

0 A Walk through Old Goa

A magnificent complex of cathedrals, churches and
monasteries, spread along a 1.5-km (1-mile) stretch,
marks the site of Old Goa, the Portuguese capital until
the mid-18th century. The walk through this area, now a
UNESCO World Heritage Site, takes in two of Goa’s most
important religious monuments, the Basilica de Bom
Jesus and the grand Sé Cathedral, and ends on Holy Hill,
where some of Goa’s oldest churches are located. Most
of these buildings, designed by Italian or Portuguese
architects, encompass a range of European styles, from
sober Renaissance to exuberant Baroque and
Portuguese Manueline (see p505). 4 Sé Cathedral
This is thought to be Asia’s
largest church. The gilded
e Our Lady of the Rosary high altar has six splendid
This church was built on panels depicting the life of
top of Holy Hill in 1526 by St Catherine of Alexandria.
Alfonso de Albuquerque.
He had watched Yusuf Adil 7 The Chapel of St Catherine Old Goa
Ferry Terminal
Shah’s defeat in 1510 from This chapel, like Our Lady of the Rosary, was M a n d o v i R i v e r
this very spot and vowed built to celebrate Albuquerque’s victory in
to build a church here. 1510, and served as Goa’s only cathedral
until the Sé Cathedral was built.

Our Lady of
The Mount

R U A D I R E I TA
Panaji
R U A D A S N A U S D E O R M U Z
w Royal Chapel
of St Anthony
St Anthony, Portugal’s Holy Hill
national saint, was also
considered the Captain MAHATMA College of
GANDHI
St Paul
of the army. CIRCLE
Pillory
0 Convent of q Church and
St Monica Monastery of
This convent, dating to St Augustine
the mid-17th century, The 46-m (151-ft)
houses Asia’s first high laterite belfry
Museum of Christian dominates the
Art, which was relocated remains of what
from Rachol (see p508). was once India’s
largest church.

9 Church and Convent
of St John of God
Rebuilt in 1953, this
convent dates back to 1685
when it was built by the
Order of the Hospitallers of
St John of God to tend
to the sick.
For hotels and restaurants in this region see p701 and pp715–16

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