Scroll down for historical details. From: Snapshots of Indo-Portuguese History – I – Pangim by Vasco Pinho, 2007, pp. 80-82. The Great Mandovi Disaster: 1901 For the people of Goa, the Twentieth Century began on a tragic note. A major disaster occurred on December 3, 1901, at 7:00 am. The motorized launch...
The charming Panjim Inn in the Fontainhas quarter of Panjim, partially illuminated by the soft light of the rising sun, stands refulgent amid the swamp of RCC* atrocities now racking our once-beautiful city. * RCC = Reinforced Cement Concrete
The walls in the vestibule of the Institute Menezes Braganza building in the heart of Panjim (capital city of Goa) are decorated with exquisite Azulejos. The scenes depicted are taken from the poem Os Lusíadas by the Portuguese poet Luís Vaz de Camões. For more on Azulejos, see this. Photographing the Azulejos in Panjim presents...
