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Church of St.Peter goa

On the way from Panaji to Old Goa, one sees a dome across the parish church of St. Peter. It is very old, and appears to have been erected about the year 1542 or 1543 at the expense of the public treasury by the Portuguese architects, as is learnt from an official document. Many believe it to have been erected on the orders of the Archbishop Dom Fr. Alexio de Menezes, but this is erroneous as the Archbishop commenced to govern the diocese only in 1595. The church now wears an antique appearance and has nothing remarkable about it. It is small in size and on one of its altars is seen an image of St. Peter, the Prince of the Apostles, to whom it is dedicated. On the floor are seen a few inscriptions almost effaced; that at the entrance bears the name of Joao Rodriguez Machado. In the background of the main altar can still be seen, the old wooden frame grafted with thin marine shells, through which a bluish light.