Walking Through Goa's Portuguese Past: Fontainhas, Churches and Old Villages
Before the beaches, Goa was the capital of a seaborne empire. Its Latin quarters, cathedral-sized churches and shell-windowed mansions are still here — and best understood slowly, on foot.
Before the beaches, Goa was the capital of a seaborne empire. Its Latin quarters, cathedral-sized churches and shell-windowed mansions are still here — and best understood slowly, on foot.
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