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Ancestral Goa
Ancestral Goa situated at
Laoulim, 10-km from Margao, ancestral Goa is a mock up village dating
Back a century. Built in a green hillside, a guided trek takes one down
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Archaeological Museum & Portrait Gallery
Gallery Of
Portraits of Portuguese Viceroys, Coins, Domestic Wooden
Sculpture, Pre-Portuguese Hindu Sculptures This used to be a
wing of the old Franciscan monastery and was converted to a
museum in 1964. |
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Archives Museum Goa
The Museum of Goa is housed
at a new Building at the Patto Plaze near the ourem creek, Panaji. It
exhibits ancient epigraphs, stone sculptures, bronze panels, wooden
panels, miniature paintings, old manuscripts etc. |
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Cabo Palace
Built in
1540 AD reverse Fort Aguada on the south headland
of the river Mandovi, the Cabo (the Portuguese word for cape) Palace
fortress housed the Franciscan monastery, which later (1594 AD) became
the official residence of the Governor of Goa. |
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Chapora
Fort
After the Portuguese had won
their rule in Goa the warning from Muslim and Maratha rulers went on. To
protect themselves, the Portuguese built the Chapora fort in 1617.
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Marmagao Fort
Guards Quarters 33 kms
from Panaji; Four kms from Vasco da Gama, one of
the well-known natural harbours on the west coast of India and
the hub of intense maritime activity. |
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Museum Of Christian Art
At Rachol
Asia's first special Museum
of Christian Art was opened at Rachol academy, located about 7-km
eastwards of Margao in Salcete Taluka on 24th
January 1994. |
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Museum of Goa Daman & Diu
The Museum of Goa
concentrates on archaeological and archival material. Consequently the
sculpture set displays antiquities from a variety of Hindu dynasties
that once ruled Goa. |
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Terekhol (Terecol) Fort
Fort Terekhol
situated on the Terekhol River, lies on the northern tip of
Goa, on a hillock overlooking the Arabian Sea. In its courtyard is
the century old church of St. Anthony. |
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The Bigfoot Art Gallery
Loutulim offers local artifacts (also spelt as artifacts) and handicrafts to visitors who come to have a glimpse of Ancestral Goa.
Conceived as a means to promoting amateur artisanship in all its form,
the Big Foot Art Gallery is one place that has played host to artists of
State and National fame. |
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The Gate Of The College
Of St. Paul
The College of St. Paul,
once the main institution of Jesuits in India for imparting knowledge on
Christianity, was built over the ruins of a mosque south of St.
Cajetan's church at Old Goa in 1542. |
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The Gate Of the Palace Of
'Adil Shah'
The Gate of Adil Shah's
palace was built before the Portuguese period. It is located just left
(north) of the road leading to the Church of St Cajetan. It is about 3m
high. |
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The Pillory (Old Goa)
Where the Kuchcha
road branches off from the road to Neura, leading to the Church
and Convent of the Cross of Miracles , is a single pillar on a raised
platform, which once occupied the central place in the city square, and
was used for punishing offenders of the law, who were tied to it and
publicly whipped. |
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The Viceroy Arch
This was construct by
Viceroy Francisco da Gama, the grandson of Vasco da Gama
in 1597. It carries the deer crest of his family. On top of the arch on
the side in front of the Mandovi river is a little statue of
Vasco da Gama, fully attired in his royal uniform. |
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Aguada Fort
Fort Aguada
is strategically situated at the estuary of the
river Mandovi and was constructed in 1612 as a guard against invasions
from the Dutch and the Marathas. |
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The Royal Chapel Of St.
Anthony
To the west of the tower of
St. Augustine is the Royal Chapel dedicated to St. Anthony, the national
saint of Portugal and held in grand respect by the Portuguese. It was
built in the beginning of the 17th century. |
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