点评:Standing high up on the Monte Santo (Holy Hill) at Velha Goa (Old Goa), the Church was Built by the Augustinian friars who arrived in Goa in 1587… upon completion it was recognized as one of 3 great Augustinian churches in the Iberian world, the other two being the Basilica of the Escorial, Western Madrid and St. Vincente de Fora, Lisbon…
Another fascinating aspect of this UNESCO World Heritage Site is the fact that the relics of St. Ketevan, Queen of Kakheti (Eastern Georgia) were brought to Goa by Augustinian monks after her death and were kept interred in this Complex, which later became abandoned. The relics were discovered in 2005… Queen Ketevan was canonised as a saint by the Georgian Orthodox Church shortly after her death due to her courageous stand against the demand for forcible conversion by the mighty Safavid Empire under Shah Abbas I
翻译:这座教堂高高耸立在 Velha Goa(旧果阿)的 Monte Santo(圣山)上,由 1587 年抵达果阿的奥古斯丁修道士建造……完工后,它被公认为伊比利亚世界三大奥古斯丁教堂之一,另外两个是埃斯科里亚尔大教堂,西马德里和圣文森特德福拉,里斯本......
这个联合国教科文组织世界遗产地的另一个迷人之处是,卡赫蒂女王(格鲁吉亚东部)圣凯特万的遗物在她死后被奥古斯丁修道士带到果阿,并被埋葬在这个建筑群中,后来被遗弃。这些遗物于 2005 年被发现……由于凯特万王后勇敢地反对沙阿阿巴斯一世统治下强大的萨法维帝国强行皈依的要求,她在死后不久就被格鲁吉亚东正教教会册封为圣人