Skip to main content

PILAR SEMINARY / FR. AGNELO SEMINARY

By
     
                 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

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Patto Bridge

By
  Patto Bridge The Patto bridge a historic monument built by the Portuguese is a small bridge in Panjim the capital city of Goa. The Patto bridge is the extension of the causeway known as Ponte de Linhares (‘ Ponte’ in Portuguese means Bridge ) that is about 3.2 kms long and is considered to be one of the longest bridge in South Asia. Also the oldest causeway of its kind it links Panaji with the Ribandar village.  Architecture The Panjim side Patto Bridge is also a beautiful piece of architecture. The expertise of the Jesuits of the College of St. Paul (Collegio de Sao Paulo) in Old Goa was availed of in 1632 and the massive bridge, the longest and oldest in the whole East, was built on alluvial soil after stabilizing it with solid trunks of local timber known as “ zambo” or “jambo” (benth). T he bridge a fine piece of architecture with Roman style arches is built of laterite stone and the area around the bridge is known as Patto. The Patto Brid...
2 comments
Read more

HOLY CROSS CHURCH, VERNA - GOA

By
              HOLY CROSS CHURCH, VERNA - GOA      The Holy cross church, Verna - Goa is one of the popular Goan churches and is locally known as the 'Verna church' in Goa. The first version of the Holy cross church according to historical records was in 1568. The Holy cross church lies in the hearts of the village of Verna.      The Verna church is build in the traditional manner over looking the large church square. It has been build in three different places since the original construction. The present Verna church was build in 1612.    " When the Portuguese entered this land about the year 1519.... they build an altar under the tree and consecrated the land to god with the first mass said in Salcete" - oriente conquistado . The mass was probably celebrated by a Dominican priest. The Feast of Holy cross church is celebrated on the Sunday which comes after 14 September...
2 comments
Read more

BISHOPS PALACE

By
The Bishops Palace also known as the Patriarcal Palace is situated in Altinho the hillock overlooking the city of Panaji. It is one of the main attraction in this area and is the residence of the Archbishop of Goa.  In order to reflect the elevation of the Archbishop to a Patriarch, the Bishop's Palace was constructed. The diocese of Goa was established here in the year 1533, and raised to an Archdiocese in 1557.  The development of this area had began in year 1886 starting with the work of Archbishop to Patriarchal status finishing by the year 1894, the first Patriarch, "Dom Antonio Sebastiao Valente" entrance is designed with coats of arms
Post a Comment
Read more