Monday, June 20, 2016

St. Paul’s Church, Diu

A tour of Diu is not complete without visiting the magnificent St. Paul’s Church. It was built in 1600 A.D. by the Jusuits as seminary and was subsequently rebuilt in 1807 A.D.


 The church dedicated to Our Lady of Immaculate Conception. The most attractive part of the the church is its impressive Gothic facade considered to be the most elaborate of any of the Portuguese churches of India. 


 The front elevation or facade of the church is very detailed.


The interior of the church is decorated with intricately carved very beautiful wood work.



The altar has the statue of St. Mary. carved out of a single piece of Burmese teak  Its interior has elaborate and impressive design with delicate volutes and shell.

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15 comments:

  1. rupam sarma09:20

    Awesome

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  2. Siddhartha Joshi09:35

    It's indeed a lovely church Rajesh...

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  3. AJEYA RAO11:46

    Very intricate and beautiful. I have never visited Diu, I think I must fir this in, during my next trip to Mumbai.

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  4. Anonymous17:54

    beautiful to capture

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  5. Lady Fi00:57

    Wow - fabulous architecture!

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  6. Indah Nuria Savitri01:46

    it's a beautiful church indeed :)

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  7. Sallie (FullTime-Life)03:07

    Did not realize that the Jesuits had been in your country. Interesting. It is a beautiful church,

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  8. Photo Cache03:24

    Beautiful and ornate interiors.

    Worth a Thousand Words

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  9. Al05:08

    That is a wonderful church, great shots.

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  10. MelodyK21:38

    Its magnificent indeed....

    You;ve linkes this to the x ? Do I overlook it or why is this post for X if i may ask

    Have a nice abcwednes-day / – week
    ♫ M e l d y ♫ (abc-w-team)
    (http://melodymusic.nl/abc-wednesday-18-x/)

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  11. Trubes22:52

    Truly and simply beautiful church,
    Thanks for sharing,

    Di,
    ABCW team.

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  12. carol l mckenna02:16

    Lovely photos of a beautiful cathedral ~

    Wishing you a happy week ~ ^_^

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  13. Roger Owen Green09:23

    Ah, the CROSS!
    ROG, ABCW

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  14. Ravish Mani22:34

    Magnificent indeed. Wonderfully captured, Rajesh :)

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  15. Yogi Saraswat09:29

    Very ancient but looking very beautiful !!

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