Place · ruined Augustinian church · India
Church of St. Augustine (ruins), Goa
Also known as St Augustine ruins, Ruínas de Santo Agostinho
A 46-metre bell tower, four arched facade fragments and the plinth are all that remain of the once-vast Church of St Augustine on Monte Santo (Holy Hill), completed in 1602 and the largest church in the Portuguese East. Abandoned under the 1835 Portuguese expulsion of the religious orders, the nave collapsed in 1842 and the facade in 1931. UNESCO World Heritage.
Christian
- Function
- Archaeology & heritage
- Confidence
- Established / referenced
- Location
- 15.501, 73.907
Connections (1)
- Site withinOld Goa
St Augustine Tower rises on Monte Santo above the Old Goa monumental ensemble.
Sources
Standard reference (Archaeological Survey of India).
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