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Packages for Goa take you a trip through various churches of Goa. Churches in Goa echo Portugal architecture and speak volumes about the intricate works-of-art of the late sixteenth and seventeenth century.
Goa Basilica of Bom Jesus
Basilica of Bom Jesus, built in 1605, holds a significant position in every pilgrimage's mind. Situated in Old Goa, this church in Goa has recently been declared as the World Heritage Monument. It is at this church in Goa that the relics of St.Francis Xavier are kept. This church in Goa is opened to the pilgrims once in every ten year when they, in lakhs, come to take part in the exposition of the body of St. Francis Xavier.
Goa Se Cathedral
Packages for Goa take you on a tour to Se Cathedral, which is dedicated to St. Catherine. The Cross of Miracles, placed in this cathedral in Goa, attracts lot of people. It seems the people of Goa had a vision of Christ on this cross and the rock on which it was found was said to spout water. Today, the cross in Goa is slowly growing.
Other churches in Goa
Almost all the churches are covered in packages for Goa, but if you wish to tour to some other churches, then you can rent a car in Goa and visit Church of St. Francis of Assisi in Goa, which exhibits prehistoric items from a distant tribal past and also reminds of Goa Dourada or Golden Goa.
You can rent a car in Goa and visit one of the earliest churches, the Church of Lady of Rosary.
The Church of St. Cajatan, built by an Italian architect in 1651, was modeled in miniature on St. Peter's Basilica in Rome and is definitely a must-see church.
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