15°29′54″N 73°49′46″E / 15.49833°N 73.82944°E
| Church of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception | |
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Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Imaculada Conceição (Portuguese) | |
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| General information | |
| Architectural style | Baroque |
| Town or city | Panaji, Goa |
| Country | India |
| Completed | Chapel in 1541, Church in 1609 |
The Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Church (Portuguese: Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Imaculada Conceição) is located in Panjim, Goa, India. The Church conducts Mass every day in English, Konkani, and Portuguese.[1]
The colonial Portuguese Baroque style church was first built in 1541 as a chapel on a hill side overlooking the city of Panjim. It was eventually replaced by a larger church in the 1600s as part of Portuguese Goa's religious expansion.[2][3] This church houses the ancient bell that was removed from the Augustinian ruins of the Church of Our Lady of Grace (Portuguese: Nossa Senhora da Graça) in the once famed city of Old Goa. This bell is considered to be the second largest of its kind in Goa, surpassed only by the Golden Bell which resides in the Sé Cathedral in Old Goa.
- ^ Harding 2003, p. 116.
- ^ Thomas 2012, p. 246.
- ^ Abram 2003, p. 74.