The cathedral
of is one of the church most
visited in Goa. One of popular
tourist attractions in Goa,
this church was in the beginning
built out of mud and the stones
and the straw. The cathedral
of was also considered one of
the largest church in Goa, India
and in Asia. The initial construction
which was set up in the year
1510 was devoted to the street
Catherine. After several modification
finally the second church entered
to the existence in the year
1515. Shortly after the church
reached the statute of the cathedral
with the establishment of the
diocese of Goa. The current
structure of cathedral took
the quarter approximately three
one century to be achieved.
The process of construction
started in the year 1562 and
was accomplished in 1652.
It was Portuguese viceroy, the
DOM Francisco Coutinho, the
account of Redondo (1561-1564)
which had commissioned the construction
of the building of church of
cathedral of. The funds were
obtained starting from the amount
of the sale of property of Hindus
and the Moslems. The final construction
of the building was directed
by architects Antonio Argueiros
and Julio Simao, chief engineer
with the state of India. The
body of the cathedral of was
accomplished in 1619 and was
held on the principal place
of Goa old man.
Building of church:
The frontage of the building
of church faces the east.
A flight of the staircases
leads to a beautiful court.
The building does not have
once a ordering presence not
seen outside. The size of
the front part is approximately
115 2/3 foot and the width
100 4/3 foot. ; its overall
length is of 250 feet and
width 181 1/3 foot. However
internally influenced by model
of Mosaic-Corinthian, the
outside is established with
a single mixture of half of
Tuscan and doric half of model.
There are three large gates.
There were two turns of bell
at the beginning one including
ploughed up in 1776. The remaining
tower has 5 bells, including
the gold bell called because
of the polemic concerning
gold being mixed with an element
creating of this fact the
marvellous noise.
The interior of church is
simply majestic and has a
ceiling jumped high. It there
has 4 vaults on each side
approximately 142 3/5 foot
from length and 69 1/5 foot
broad and is divided into
nave and two islands. The
entry is kept by two marble
basins where the holy water
inserted in the columns. There
IS-IS a stone of black of
baptismal police force completion
made with an inscription going
back to 1532. Independently
of the principal furnace bridge,
four rest of vaults in one
or the other side. In the
line the vaults are devoted
to the beginning with the
first with the street Anthony,
the second with the street
Bernard, the third with DOS
Milagres de Cruz or the miraculous
cross, and the quarter with
the holy phantom. Since the
miraculous cross developed
in the face, it deserves the
special mention. More interior
there are 6 furnace bridges,
three on each side. Towards
the line devoted to the street
Joseph, Nossa Senhora DAS
Gild, and street Peter. Towards
the left devoted to Nossa
Senhora De Augusta, street
George, and Nossa Senhora
D 'Esperanza.
