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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 architecture of Goan Catholics has strong Portuguese and native Goan influences. It developed over the Portuguese India era (1500s–1961). Many of the 16th and 17th colonial Catholic churches were built in the Portuguese Baroque style .
Bread is an important part of Goan cuisine. Of Portuguese origin, it is different in Goa from the breads offered in the rest of India. It was around 1550, in the village of Salcete, that the Portuguese began to teach the local population how to prepare these breads. [4] They often include palm wine (‘’toddy‘’) used as a ferment.
These may appear purely decorative, but have their origins in similar mouldings in the windows of Portuguese houses. There these elements of style were devices to help sailors identify their homes at a distance as they sailed in. The design is therefore an import but serves a similar purpose in Goa: to help construct the identity of the home.
The Cathedral of Goa, the cathedral for Portuguese India, embodies most all of what Portuguese colonial religious architecture stood for. The cathedral was built to commemorate a Christian victory, that of Afonso de Albuquerque over the Moslems, and the edifice is built in a grandiose Portuguese classical style.
The Church of St. Francis of Assisi was built in 1661 by the Portuguese in the Portuguese Viceroyalty of India. [1] The Church of St. Francis of Assisi, together with a convent, was established by eight Portuguese Franciscan friars who landed in Goa in 1517. [2] [3] [4] It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site, Churches and convents of Goa.
Portuguese names, having variants in both Roman Konkani and English, like Miguel and Madalena are common among Goan Catholics. [4] Portuguese surnames (like Lobo, D'Souza, Rodrigues, Fernandes and Pinto) are standard among Goan Catholics because of the Christianisation of Goa during Portuguese rule. [5]
Pages in category "Portuguese colonial architecture in India" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. ... (Goa) Church of St. Anne, Talaulim;