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Church of St Francis of Assisi
Off National Highway 4, Old Goa Phone: 0832 243 8749About
This structure stands adjacent to the Se Cathedral and is one of the famous monuments of Old Goa. At the highly decorated altar of one of the chapels, is the statue of St. Francis, made out of wood and the statue of Our Lady of Miracles and behind the altar is the intricately ornamented wall with floral patterns. Besides this, the illustrated scenes from the Bible on the walls will take you through the Christian version of the journey of mankind. The architecture gives a Corinthian Baroque touch to this structure. Archaeological Museum of the Archaeological Survey of India in the convent area houses items like ivory sculptures of Jesus Crucifiction, portrait paintings of Vasco da Gama as well as artifacts of Vishnu with ten incarnations, Surya and Gajalakshmi.
