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PILAR SEMINARY / FR. AGNELO SEMINARY

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                 PILAR SEMINARY / FR. AGNELO SEMINARY


     Pilar Seminary is one among the two surviving seminaries out of the four originally build by the Portuguese. This stands on a hillock at Goa Velha . 

     The  Capuchin monks founded the Seminary in 1613. A University of  Science, Arts and Theology was established in the premises of the Pilar Monastery in 1633. 

     The beautiful seminary features a marble platform, altar and amazingly beautiful stained windows which were build in Germany. The beautiful old church at the seminary has an exquisite baroque doorway made out of carved stone. A niche above the doorway holds a statue of St. Francis of Assisi and the door has on it a carving of two crossed hands, symbolizing Christ and St Francis. 





     There is a small museum, which houses fragments of pottery and temple sculpture excavated from the site including a lion - the Kadamba symbol, Portuguese coins and a beautiful carving of Mary Magdelene done in 1733 by a Goan sculptor. It also has a collection of postage stamps released in the memory of Blessed Joseph Vaz during the Portuguese rule in Goa. 


                                        PILAR MUSEUM

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