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About the
church and convent of the Monica
saint:
The church and the convent of
the Monica saint are located
beside the vault of the street
Anthony and faces in north on
Monte Santo. Sanctioned in the
year 1598, this church had its
bases thrown by the archbishop
the DOM Frei Alexio de Menezes
who was also the governor then
of India Portuguese 1606. The
building work of the church
was accomplished in the 1627.
The church and the convent of
the Monica saint came to be
known as a royal monastery of
Santa Monica. Enough large to
adapt more than 100 nuns and
the widows, the church and the
convent of the Monica saint,
gave the shelter to the many
ladies without hearth and saved
anger of the company. The convent
was open of all the nuns, Europ?enne,
Eurasien and also with those
of the local extraction. The
church is one of the important
churches of Goa. Famous for
its miraculous incident, this
church attracted always the
fate of the world of visitors
more and is one of the popular
tourist attraction of Goa.
Building of church:
The building of church is high
enormous and on three levels.
There is an enormous fence which
provided all comforts necessary
to such which were part of the
convent. There were large gardens
completely aromatic plants and
beautiful flowers, with which
nuns used to decorate the furnace
bridges. It had 12 provided
walls there sprinkle for the
goal of irrigation. The outside
of the building was a mixture
of Tuscan, Corinthian and made
up model. While the interior
decorated doric and made up
one name. Its bigger length
is of 175 feet and width 36
feet. The frontage of church
to the statue of Santa Monica
and the symbol of the holy phantom.
The frontage is supported by
three full buttresses. The nave
has two divisions, the first
composes the principal part
with the bilateral furnace bridges
and the principal furnace bridge
includes/understands the image
of Santa Monica, the mother
of the street Augustine, with
which brood it and the church
is devoted.
Surmounting the furnace bridge
in the platform, rises ?the
miraculous cross? famous, 108?
tops. The legend indicates,
that on February 8, 1636, this
image opened its eyes and was
displacement considering while
blood seemed to rise from its
wounds. This miracle occurred
again in this month in the presence
of the viceroy and other civils
servant. Research concluded
it to be miraculous indeed.
The image was since behaviour
in the great veneration.
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