HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES, MARGAO The "House of Seven Gables" or "Sat Banzam Gor" is another prime attraction in the tour of Margao. Commissioned in 1790 by Sebastino da Silva, emissary and private secretary of the Portuguese Viceroy, this sumptuous mansion embodies the grandeur of the Portuguese era. Of the seven original gables, only three remain today. |
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IMAGE COLLECTION Lynn Barreto Miranda, 2009 (Panoramio) Nikhilesh Haval, 2010 (World of Stock) Adrobat, 2010 (voltaindia.blogspot.com)
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SOURCES OF INFORMATION A few minutes walk from the Holy Spirit Church of Margao on the main road stands one of Goa’s grandest residential houses. The ‘Seven Gables’ house, originally sported a row of seven typically Goan, high pitched gables, was designed and spaced out like a palace. Now only three of the gables remain, but the palatial mansion commissioned in 1790 by Sebastiao da Silva, who was an emissary and the private secretary to the Portuguese viceroy, is even today much marveled at by people passing by. More... |
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