Churches and Convents of Goa
![Panography in print mode : Basilica of Bom Jesus [ Outside ]](print/l2qomvKZafhE/wht-234-2.jpg "Panography in print mode")
Churches and Convents of Goa
About this place
On a panel in situ : "The construction of this church of "Bom Jesus" meaning "God or infant Jesus" was started in 1594 and consecrated in 1605 as inscribed in a choir. The church, cruciform on plan, has three storied facade having a main entrance flanked by two smaller entrances. The entire facade has moulded basalt casing and the remaining part is exposed in laterite including the buttresses. That facade has on it, at the top the letters "IHS" symbolizing the first letters of Jesus in Greek".
Brief description
Source : http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/234
The churches and convents of Goa, the former capital of the Portuguese Indies – particularly the Church of Bom Jesus, which contains the tomb of St Francis-Xavier – illustrate the evangelization of Asia. These monuments were influential in spreading forms of Manueline, Mannerist and Baroque art in all the countries of Asia where missions were established.