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| name = Chapel of St. Catherine<br />
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| image = Front side Chapel of St. Catherine.JPG<br />
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| pushpin map = India Goa#India<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| coordinates = {{coord| 15.503438 | 73.910437 |display=inline}}<br />
| location = [[Velha Goa]], [[State of Goa]]<br />
| previous denomination = [[Roman Catholic]]<br />
| founder = [[Afonso de Albuquerque]]<br />
| founded date = {{start date and age|1510}}<br />
| functional status = Non-functional<br />
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The '''Chapel of St. Catherine''' is a [[UNESCO World Heritage Site]] located in [[Old Goa]] in the same compound as [[Se Cathedral]] and the [[Church and Convent of St. Francis of Assisi]]. It was built in 1510 in the [[Baroque architectural]] style, and has a brown and white facade. It faces the [[Mandovi River]] and is part of the [[World Heritage Site]], [[Churches and convents of Goa]]. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.trawell.in/goa/panjim/chapel-of-st-catherine-old-goa|title=CHAPEL OF ST. CATHERINE - OLD GOA - TRAVEL INFO|website=Trawell.in|access-date=2019-10-30}}</ref> The chapel is not functional.<br />
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== History ==<br />
It was erected by [[Afonso de Albuquerque]], Portuguese conqueror, in 1510 to commemorate his victorious entry to the city of Goa on St Catherine's Day. [[Pope Paul III]] granted it status of cathedral in 1534 and it was rebuilt.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/travel/old-goa/chapel-of-st-catherine/ps51826927.cms|title=Chapel of St. Catherine|website=Times of India Travel|access-date=2019-10-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lonelyplanet.com/india/attractions/chapel-of-st-catherine/a/poi-sig/1319358/356195|title=Chapel of St Catherine {{!}} Old Goa, India Old Goa|website=www.lonelyplanet.com|language=en|access-date=2019-10-17}}</ref> The chapel was expanded in 1550 at the order of the governor [[Jorge Cabral]], and a new altarpiece was installed as well.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MRwoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA226|title=An Historical and Archæological Sketch of the City of Goa: Preceded by a Short Statistical Account of the Territory of Goa|last1=Fonseca|first1=José Nicolau da|year=1878}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
{{commons|Category:Capela de Santa Catarina (Goa)}}<br />
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[[Category:Colonial Goa]]<br />
[[Category:Monuments and memorials in Goa]]<br />
[[Category:World Heritage Sites in India]]<br />
[[Category:Portuguese Colonial architecture in India]]<br />
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Goa]]<br />
[[Category:Roman Catholic churches completed in 1510]]<br />
[[Category:1510 establishments in India]]<br />
[[Category:1510s establishments in Portuguese India]]<br />
[[Category:Baroque architecture in India]]<br />
[[Category:1510 establishments in the Portuguese Empire]]<br />
[[Category:16th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in India]]<br />
[[Category:Roman Catholic churches in Old Goa]]</div>
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