Churches and Convents of Goa

World Heritage

India

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Goa, the former capital of Portuguese India, has churches and monasteries—particularly the Church of Bom Jesus, where St. Francis Xavier is buried—that epitomize the evangelization of Asia. These monuments had a profound influence on the spread of Manueline, Mannerist, and Baroque art forms in all the countries in Asia where missions were established.

# church

# monastery

# Church of Bom Jesus

# Saint Francis Xavier

# Asia Gospel

# Manueline art

The Church of Divine Providence (St. Cajetan)

Facade of the Church of St. Francis of Assisi (Igreja de São Francisco de Assis), a church that sign...

Main altar of the Church of St. Francis of Assisi

Interior of the Santa Catarina (Saint Catherine) Cathedral

In contrast to the simple outer façade the interiors of the Church of St. Francis are adorned lavis...

São Francisco Xavier, the Apóstolo do Oriente

Ruins of the bell tower of the Church of St. Augustine

Main altar (nave) of the Basilica of Bom Jesus, famous throughout the Roman Catholic world for the c...

Basilica of Bom Jesus is a venerated Catholic site and preserves the remains of Saint Francis Xavier...

Sé Cathedral holds the miraculous cross and is one of the largest cathedrals in Asia

Chapel of Santa Catarina

The Church of the Rosary built in late Manueline style, the oldest in Goa

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Information extracted from Wikidata

country	India
end time	1961-12-19T00:00:00Z
image	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Goa-StFrancis-Facade1.jpg
located in the administrative territorial entity	Goa
has part	Church of St. Francis of Assisi
has part	Coast Province
has part	Church of St. Cajetan
coordinate location	Point(73.9117 15.5024)
heritage designation	Davos Wiesen railway station
World Heritage criteria	World Heritage selection criterion (ii)
World Heritage criteria	Larousse Encyclopedia online
World Heritage criteria	World Heritage selection criterion (vi)

start time	1986-01-01T00:00:00Z
official name	كنائس وأديرة غوا
official name	Churches and Convents of Goa
official name	Iglesias y conventos de Goa
official name	Églises et couvents de Goa
official name	ゴアの教会群と修道院群
official name	Kerken en kloosters van Goa
official name	Церкви и монастыри в Гоа
official name	果阿的教堂和修道院
volume as quantity	World Heritage selection criterion (ii)
volume as quantity	Larousse Encyclopedia online
volume as quantity	World Heritage selection criterion (vi)