St Augustine Church 400 Year Old | St Augustine Tower one of Goa’s most spectacular monuments
It’s an iconic structure that is visible to all that approach Goa’s former capital of Old Goa from the old Ponte Conde de Linhares route. Tourists visit it all year round without knowing anything about it. This edifice that is now in a state of ruins has also been reproduced thousands of time on postcards and travel brochures. And it just happens to be a UNESCO World Heritage site too. We’re talking about the world-famous ruins of St Augustine Tower and Church complex in Old Goa.
The history of St Augustine Tower and Church St Augustine Tower and Church complex ruins stand high up on the Monte Santo (Holy Hill) at Velha Goa (Old Goa). Built by the Augustinian friars who arrived in Goa in 1587, it was also the then site of the enormous church of Nossa Senhora da Graça (Our Lady of Grace). The Tower and the Church were built in 1602. Nossa Senhora da Graça, on its completion, was recognized as one of three great Augustinian churches in the Iberian world, the other two being the Basilica of the Escorial in Spain, St. Vincente de Fora in Lisbon.
Construction of the Church and the Tower Construction on St Augustine Tower and Church is believed to have begun sometime in 1597 and was eventually completed in 1602. This happened more than 400 years ago.
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