CHURCHES AND CONVENTS OF GOA
PLACE: OLD GOA (VELHA GOA)
BUILT BY: PORTUGUESE (16th
– 18th CENTURY)
FAMOUS FOR: Relics of
Francis Xavier
HISTORY: The Churches and Convents of Goa are monuments and it is a cultural
property. These were built by the Portuguese colonial rulers of Goa. These
monuments are mainly in the former capital of VELHA GOA. Velha Goa is also
known as Goem. These monuments of Goa also known as “ROME OF THE ORIENT”. There
were originally 60 churches of which some of the surviving monuments in the
city of Velha Goa. UNESCO declared world heritage in 1986.
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