Ruins of the Church of St. Augustine

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The Ruins of the Church of St. Augustine are the remains of a once-grand 16th-century Augustinian church and monastery in Old Goa, India, now a prominent historical and architectural landmark within the region’s UNESCO World Heritage complex.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf church ruins
historical site
ruins
tourist attraction
architecturalStyle Baroque
builder Augustinians
surface form: Augustinian friars
centuryOfConstruction 16th century
city Old Goa
completionDate 1602
constructionStart 1597
continent Asia
country India
culturalContext Portuguese India
dedicatedTo Augustine of Hippo
surface form: Saint Augustine of Hippo
denomination Catholic
era Portuguese colonial period
governingBody Archaeological Survey of India
hasPart altar ruins
bell tower
façade remains
monastic complex ruins
hasView Mandovi River
surface form: Mandovi River valley
heritageCriteria UNESCO cultural criteria (ii)
UNESCO cultural criteria (iv)
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
heritageStatus protected monument
inscriptionYear 1986
knownFor 16th-century Portuguese colonial architecture
towering church ruin
locatedIn Goa
India
Old Goa
locatedNear Basilica of Bom Jesus
Se Cathedral, Old Goa
material laterite stone
municipality Old Goa
openToPublic yes
originalFunction church
monastery
partOf Churches and Convents of Goa
preservationStatus ruined
region Konkan
religiousAffiliation Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
religiousOrder Order of Saint Augustine
significantEvent partial collapse of tower in 1842
state Goa
tourismType cultural tourism
religious tourism

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Churches and Convents of Goa contains Ruins of the Church of St. Augustine
Old Goa contains Ruins of the Church of St. Augustine
Convent of St. Monica adjacentTo Ruins of the Church of St. Augustine
this entity surface form: Church of St. Augustine (ruins)