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Hindu houses have little colonial influence. Most of the big houses have a courtyard called as Rajangan in Konkani where a Tulasi Vrindavan is seen. A special place called a Soppo is often used for relaxing. Goan traditional Hindu houses have the following features: Angan (courtyard with a Tulasi Vrundavan) Rajangan (a courtyard inside the house)
The traditional Manueline and Baroque styles of contemporary churches in Portugal. A Portuguese aesthetic was encouraged to integrate newly converted Goan Catholics with the Portuguese rulers. However, the natives did not cut themselves off from their village roots completely, and the resulting cultural fusion affected house design.
Fontainhas (or Bairro das Fontainhas, in Portuguese) is an old Latin Quarter in Panjim, capital city of the state of Goa, India.It maintains its Portuguese influence, particularly through its architecture, which includes narrow and picturesque winding streets like those found in many European cities, old villas and buildings with projecting balconies painted in the traditional tones of pale ...
The Church of Our Lady of the Rosary, built in 1543, is the oldest of the Old Goa churches still standing.Initially, it was a parish church, then collegial. On the outside, the church looks like a small fortress; the entrance porch flanked by small cylindrical towers with cupolas is typical of late-Gothic and Manueline Portugal, particularly in the Alentejo region. [6]
A traditional house of a Mangalorean Catholic family, constructed using olden-style architecture. Mangalorean Catholics had retained the same caste system which their ancestors had in Goa. They were divided into four castes — Bāmaṇs , Charodis , Shudras , and Gaudis.
Neura [a] (English: / nj u r ɑː / ⓘ; also known as Velakula – the official name until 1310 CE) is a village located in the Tiswadi taluka of Goa, India.The village boasts a historical heritage tracing back to the era of the Kadambas of Goa and is known for its collection of villas and mansions. [2]
Taleigão is known for its palm-fringed beaches, bright green paddy fields and Nagalli hill, age-old traditional houses and mansions, broad roads, footpaths, a centuries-old church, traffic circles with azulejo titles, chapels and temples, educational institutions, hotels and restaurants and of course its inhabitants.
Dr Jack de Sequeira's ancestral house: It is located at Bambordem; Moira bridge: This bridge at Atafondem connects Moira to Bastora and was built in 1978; Our Lady of Immaculate Conception Church: Built in 1636, it is located between Raim and Calizor. From 1838, it housed a unique bell, which had previously been part of Old Goa's Madre de Deus ...