Chapel Of St. Catherine :

       This chapel dedicated to St. Catherine stands as a living monument to the conquest of Goa by Albuquerque.

The chapel is located just west of the Archaeological Museum and was originally built in 1510, by Albuquerque to commemorate his victory of Goa on the St.Catherines Day.

It was raised to the status of cathedral in 1534, by Pope Paul III. Later on, it was rebuilt and enlarged by Governor George Cabrak, who added a inscribed slab to the chapel which reads

       "here in this place was the doorway through which Gov. Alfonso de Albuquerque entered and took this city from the Mohammedans on the day of St. Catherine in the year 1510 in which honor and memory Gov. George Cabral ordered his chepel to be build in the year 1550 at the expenses of his Highness".

These wording confirms the belief that the chapel is built on the site of the main gate of Muslim city.

The chapel was again rebuilt in 1952, but is seldom open for visitors, nearby was a Royal hospital, built by Albuquerque in 1511. It was exclusively reserved for Europeans.


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