Mae de Deus Church, Saligao, Goa.
Aerial photography by Cecil and Desmond Pinto. Please give due credit if you use this anywhere. For commercial use and high-res files please contact Cecil Pinto.
Saligao Church Feast 'Mae De Deus'
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Mae De Deus Church Saligao
Mae De Deus Church Saligao
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Mae de Deus Church in Saligao, Goa
The Mae de Deus church is Saligao is one of the most beautiful churches in Goa. Over the years I've taking many pictures of it from different angles. Today morning I got to experience the church from a totally different point of view.
Mae De Deus Church in Saligao, Bardez, Goa, India; 3rd March 2012
Mae De Deus Church, Saligao Bardez - Goa
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Stark, stern and yet with a glamorous charm all its own, the Mae de Deus or Mother of God Church is a breath-taking site. With its Gothic spires and pristine white walls, it reminds one of a fairytale castle. Situated amidst picturesque surroundings of the typical Goan countryside, this Church at Saligao, which is situated in the Bardez taluka, was built in 1873. It is amongst the finest in the Gothic style and is attractively illuminated at night.
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Mae de Deus Chapel, Sangolda, Goa.
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Saligao Mae de Deus church 2017
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Mae De Deus Church Saligao - Christmas 2018
Mae De Deus Church Saligao - Christmas 2018
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Mae De Deus Church Saligoa
Mae De Deus Church, Goa is a remarkable Parish Church for the village of Saligao, located in Bardez Taluka near the capital city of Goa, Panaji. Saligao is located 14 km from Panaji. Historically and architecturally, the church is of great significance and is a heritage building. Mae De Deus Church is the finest example of the Gothic style of architecture. The Goa Tourism Department has arranged for illumination of the church at nights, as a result of which the church dazzles like a shimmering jewel in the midst of fields. This breathtaking sight is visible even as your drive on the Chogum Road from Panjim to Calangute
Kids at the Saligao Mae de Deus Church first holy communion (Jan 2014, Goa)
Scenes from Jan 26, 2014. Recorded by FN.
FEAST OF MAE DE DEUS CHURCH CELEBRATED AT SALIGAO
Salvador Mascarenhas... modelling a Neo-Gothic church (at Saligao, Goa, India)
Salvador Mascarenhas took to scuplting small wooden models of the Neo-Gothic Mae de Deus church in Saligao, Bardez (Goa, India). The former navyman talks about how he took to this post-retirement hobby. Retired, but not tired. And surely not out of creative ideas.
Mae De Deus Church Goa # DJI spark cinematic shots
One of the best churches in GOA
A DAY IN A SEMINARIAN'S LIFE IN THE SEMINARY OF OUR LADY, SALIGAO-PILERNE, GOA
Offbeat Things To Do In Goa | Vagator Beach, Thalassa, Mae De Deus Church, Reis Magos Fort |
The sixth day of our Goa trip was about travelling to Agonda in South Goa. On way we stopped at the Vagator beach view point, Ozran Beach, Thalassa, Mae De Deus Church and the Reis Magos Fort.
Stark, stern and yet with a glamorous charm all its own, the Mae de Deus or Mother of God Church is a breath-taking site. With its Gothic spires and pristine white walls, it reminds one of a fairytale castle. Situated amidst picturesque surroundings of the typical Goan countryside, this Church at Saligao, which is situated in the Bardez taluka, was built in 1873. It is amongst the finest in the Gothic style and is attractively illuminated at night.
Claim to fame : It is the finest example of Neo-Gothic architecture in Goa. It houses the miraculous statue of Mae de Deus (Mother of God) which was brought from the ruins of the convent of Mae de Deus at Old Goa.
Predating Fort Aguada by half a century, a second, smaller fort that crowns the headland jutting into the narrowest stretch of the Mandovi, almost facing the capital city Panjim, is the Reis Magos Fort. This Fort, surrounded by sturdy laterite walls studded with typically Portuguese turrets, was erected in 1551 to protect the narrowest point at the mouth of the Mandovi estuary. It was enlarged subsequently on different occasions and finally re-erected in 1707. The fort formerly accommodated viceroys and other dignitaries newly arrived from, or en route to, Lisbon, and in the early eighteenth century proved a linchpin in the wars against the Hindu Marathas, who were never able to take it. The bastion was used as a prison. Though far inferior in size to the fortress of Mormugao, yet standing on an eminence, it commands a splendid view all around. It is in a good state of preservation and is defended by 33 guns and accommodation for a small garrison. Towards the east, at a little distance from it, flows a spring with abundance of excellent water, while at its base rises the church of the Reis Magos, ascended by a beautiful flight of stairs.
This edifice was built on the ruins of a pagoda in 1550 by the Franciscans, with the sum allotted to them by the Government, and bears a crown on its façade, and the royal arms on its sanctuary and other places. The pavement is dotted with inscriptions, the most important of which, found in the sanctuary, indicated the spot enclosing the remains of Dom Luís de Ataíde, Count of Athoughia, who twice held the position of Viceroy of Portuguese India and Goa. This Fort stands on the north bank of the Mandovi at Reis Magos, and is very much visible from the Panjim side of the Mandovi river. It was used as a residence for viceroys and later converted to a fortress. It was occupied briefly between 1798-1813 by the British Army. It was subsequently abandoned by the military and served as a prison until 1993.
The Fort, originated as an armed outpost of the Adil Shah of Bijapur in 1493. When Bardez was conquered by the Portuguese in 1541, the Fort was built along with the church. From 1900, it lost its defensive role and was used as a jail and was finally abandoned in 1993 after which it was at the mercy of the elements, and had begun to crumble. Restoration work on the fort began in 2008 with the funds being provided by the UK-based Helen Hamlyn Trust, INTACH - a non-governmental organisation dealing with restorations of monuments, and the Government of Goa. Renowned architect Gerard da Cunha was hired to restore the fort. The fort is now converted into a cultural centre, besides being used a tourist attraction.
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Mae de Deus chapel in Gaunsavaddo, Goa
The first church in Siolim was built near the site of the Mae de Deus chapel in Gaunsavaddo in 1568. (There is a plaque commemorating this fact in the chapel compound). This church was probably a kutcha structure, and it survived for merely 32 years.
In 1600, the missionaries planned for a new and larger church in another location more central to the Christians of Siolim. The realization of this project seems in grave doubt due to lack of sufficient funds. At that time, two Portuguese merchants were caught in a severe storm while sailing from Portugal. They had with them a statue of St. Anthony, and vowed that if they made to port safely, they would build a church where they landed.
It so happened that their ship entered the Chapora River and docked on the left bank near the village of Marna. It was here they met the Franciscan missionaries looking for funds. The new church was dedicated to St. Anthony, instead of Mae de Deus (the Mother of God), and completed in 1630.
The Gaunsavaddo Chapel of Mae de Deus was constructed in 1847.
Goa is India's smallest state by area and the fourth smallest by population. Located in West India in the region known as the Konkan, it is bounded by the state of Maharashtra to the north, and by Karnataka to the east and south, while the Arabian Sea forms its western coast. Goa is India's richest state with a GDP per capita two and a half times that of the country as a whole. It was ranked the best placed state by the Eleventh Finance Commission for its infrastructure and ranked on top for the best quality of life in India by the National Commission on Population based on the 12 Indicators.
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