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Tiswadi

Old Goa

Old Goa is a historical site and city situated on the southern banks of the River Mandovi, within the Tiswadi taluka of , in the Indian state of .
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  • Type: Suburb with 5,660 residents
  • Description: ancient city in Ilhas district, Goa
  • Also known as: “cidade de Goa”, “Portuguese Goa”, and “Velha Goa”
Photo: Mikhail Esteves, CC BY 2.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Se Cathedral and Church and Convent of St. Francis of Assisi.

Church
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The Sé Catedral de Santa Catarina, known as , is the cathedral of the Latin Church Archdiocese of Goa and Daman and the seat of the Patriarch of the East Indies.

Church
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The Church of St. Francis of Assisi was built in 1661 by the in the Portuguese Viceroyalty of India. The Church of St. Francis of Assisi, together with a convent, was established by eight Portuguese Franciscan friars who landed in Goa in 1517.

Church
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The is a Catholic church built between 1544 and 1547, in Old Goa, State of Goa, India. This church is part of the collection belonging to the World Heritage Site of churches and convents of Goa.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chimbel and Carambolim.

Suburb
is a census town in in the state of , . is situated 4 km west of Old Goa.

Suburb
, also called Karmali, is a village in North Goa district, , .

Village
is an island village located in Ilhas, a northern district in the state of Goa, India, and named after Our Lady of Compassion. The name comes from the Portuguese word , which means "compassion".

Old Goa

Latitude
15.5023° or 15° 30′ 8″ north
Longitude
73.9117° or 73° 54′ 42″ east
Population
5,660
Elevation
10 metres (33 feet)
United Nations Location Code
IN GOI
Open location code
7J7MGW26+WM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 245632163
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
1271146
Wiki­data ID
Q553907
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Old Goa” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جوا القديمة”
  • Arabic: “غوا القديمة”
  • Assamese: “প্ৰাচীন গোৱা”
  • Basque: “Goa Hiri Zaharra”
  • Belarusian: “Стары Гоа”
  • Bengali: “পুরনো গোয়া”
  • Bishnupriya: “গৱা ভেলহা”
  • Catalan: “Antiga Goa”
  • Cebuano: “Goa Velha”
  • Chinese: “Goa Velha”
  • Chinese: “戈阿韋爾哈”
  • Chinese: “戈阿韦尔哈”
  • Chinese: “旧果亚”
  • Chinese: “果阿旧城”
  • Chinese: “舊果亞”
  • Croatian: “Stara Goa”
  • Czech: “Old Goa”
  • Czech: “Stará Goa”
  • Czech: “Velha Goa”
  • Danish: “Gamle Goa”
  • Dutch: “Goa Velha”
  • Dutch: “Oud Goa”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جوا القديمه”
  • French: “Vieux-Goa”
  • Georgian: “ძველი გოა”
  • German: “Velha Goa”
  • Goan Konkani: “Goa Velha”
  • Goan Konkani: “ओल्ड गोय”
  • Goan Konkani: “ओल्ड गोंय”
  • Gujarati: “ઓલ્ડ ગોવા”
  • Hebrew: “גואה העתיקה”
  • Hindi: “Старый гоа”
  • Hindi: “गोआ वेल्हा”
  • Hindi: “गोवा वेल्हा”
  • Hindi: “पुराना गोवा”
  • Hungarian: “Ó-Goa”
  • Indonesian: “Goa Velha”
  • Indonesian: “Kota Tua Goa”
  • Italian: “Goa Velha”
  • Japanese: “旧ゴア”
  • Kannada: “ಬಾಮ್ ಜೀಸಸ್ ಬೆಸಿಲಿಕಾ ಮತ್ತಿತರ ಚರ್ಚ್‌ಗಳು”
  • Kannada: “ಹಳೇ ಗೋವಾ”
  • Kashmiri: “اولڈ گوا”
  • Korean: “구 고아”
  • Korean: “올드 고아”
  • Lithuanian: “Senoji Goa”
  • Maithili: “पुरान गोवा”
  • Malay: “Goa Velha”
  • Malayalam: “ഓൾഡ‍് ഗോവ”
  • Malayalam: “പഴയ ഗോവ”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Goa Velha”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “ڭوا لقديمة”
  • Nepali: “पुरानो गोवा”
  • Newari: “गोवा भेल्हा”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gamle Goa”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Goa Velha”
  • Norwegian: “Gamle Goa”
  • Pampanga: “Goa Velha”
  • Panjabi: “ਪੁਰਾਣਾ ਗੋਆ”
  • Persian: “شهر قدیم گوا”
  • Polish: “Goa Velha”
  • Polish: “Goa”
  • Polish: “Stare Goa”
  • Portuguese: “Cidade de Goa”
  • Portuguese: “Goa Portuguesa”
  • Portuguese: “Goa Velha”
  • Portuguese: “Goa”
  • Portuguese: “Velha Goa”
  • Romanian: “Goa Veche”
  • Russian: “Олд Гоа”
  • Russian: “Старый Гоа”
  • Sanskrit: “प्राचीनगोवा”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Stara Goa”
  • Slovak: “Velha Goa”
  • Slovenian: “Goa Velha”
  • Spanish: “Goa Vieja”
  • Swedish: “Goa Velha”
  • Tamil: “ஓல்ட் கோவா”
  • Tamil: “பழைய கோவா”
  • Telugu: “పాత గోవా”
  • Thai: “Velha Goa”
  • Thai: “กัวเก่า”
  • Turkish: “Eski Goa”
  • Ukrainian: “Гоа-Велья”
  • Ukrainian: “Храми і монастирі Гоа”
  • Urdu: “اولڈ گوا”
  • Urdu: “پرانا گوا”
  • Vietnamese: “Goa Velha”

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