Swipe 👉🏻 for images of some of the Churches of Old Goa (aka, Goa Velha). Image shot from the Chapel of Our Lady of the Mount. • Church of St. Augustine (Ruins) (Far Left). The church was built on top of the Monte Santo (Holy Hill), between 1597 and 1602 by Augustinian friars who landed in Goa in 1587. The church was considered as one of the three great Augustinian churches in the Iberian world along with El Escorial and the Monastery of São Vicente de Fora. • Church of St. Francis of Assisi (Center Left)was built in 1661 by the Portuguese in the Portuguese Viceroyalty of India. The Church of St. Francis of Assisi, together with a convent, was established by eight Portuguese Franciscan friars who landed in Goa in 1517. • Sé Catedral de Santa Catarina (Center Right) known as Se Cathedral. The word Sé is Portuguese for See. The Se Cathedral was built to commemorate the victory of the Portuguese under Afonso de Albuquerque over a Muslim army, leading to the capture of the city of Goa in 1510. Since the day of the victory happened to be on the feast of Saint Catherine, the cathedral was dedicated to her. • St. Cajetan Church (Right)also known as the Church of Divine Providence. The church was completed in 1661 and is part of the World Heritage Site, Churches and convents of Goa. The church is considered to have been modeled on the St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City. - #Wikipedia #ChurchesOfGoa #GoaVelha #ChurchOfStAugustine #ChurchOfStFrancisOfAssisi #SéCatedralDeSantaCatarina #StCajetanChurch #LandscapePhotography #MandoviRiver #Sunset #OldGoa #Goa ❤ #FotoStationTPS #ThePhotoSociety #CreativeLive #Natgeo #NYTimes #AFPPhoto #viiphoto #MagnumPhotos #Times #adventurenthusiats #beautifuldestinations #LonelyPlanet #photofairs (at Old Goa) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7YoypujFBq/?igshid=j2tnjc6ui83d
