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Chapel of Our Lady of the Mount

Chapel of Our Lady of the Mount Chapel of Our Lady of the Mount - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

The Chapel of Our Lady of the Mount is a Roman Catholic church dedicated to the Virgin Mary in Old Goa, India. It is one of the oldest churches in the city and was built between 1510 and 1519. The construction of the church was ordered by Afonso de Albuquerque, the governor of Portuguese India, immediately after the Portuguese conquest of Goa in 1510. The chapel was completed in 1519. Read more on Wikipedia

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