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1. SE CATHEDRAL
CASE STUDY
Name: Vishaka Bothra
Class: T.Y.Barch
Sub.: CBF
Guided By: Ar. Kuldeep Kaur Bhatia

2. Name: Se cathedral de Santa
Catarina
Location: old goa
Country: India
Denomination: roman catholic
History
Founded: 1619
Dedication: cathedrine of
Alexandria
Consecrated: 1640
Style: Portuguese - gothic
Se cathedral

3. History
• One of the most ancient and celebrated religious buildings of Goa, this
magnificent 16th century monument to the Roman Catholic rule in Goa
under the Portuguese is the largest church in Asia.
• The Se Cathedral was built to commemorate the victory of the Portuguese
under Afonso de Albuquerque over a Muslim army, leading to the capture
of the city of Goa in 1510. Since the day of the victory happened to be on
the feast of Saint Catherine, the cathedral was dedicated to her.

4. • It was commissioned by Governor George Cabral to be enlarged in 1552
on the remains of an earlier structure. Construction of the church began
in 1562 in the reign of King Dom Sebastiano. The cathedral was
completed in 1619 and was consecrated in 1640.
• It had two towers, but one collapsed in 1776 and was never rebuilt.

5. Architecture
• The Se Cathedral is built in the Portuguese-Manueline style.
• This style of architecture was extremely popular in the late 16th Century.
• The exterior of this great cathedral is of the Tuscan order of architecture,
notable for its plainness and simplicity.
• The church is 250 feet (76 m) in length and 181 feet (55 m) in breadth. The
frontispiece stands 115 feet (35 m) high.

6. Plan

7. • The church is a false basilica (no clerestory windows between the nave
and aisles) with nave, two side aisles and side chapels, transept and
choir.
• The façade shows three bays with portals in the first storey and
rectangular windows in the second.
• The additional central bay linked to its sides through curved walls
resolves the height difference between nave and aisles and hides the
roof behind it.
• An entablature between the storeys marks the gallery floor level over
the entrance.
• Portals, windows and niches have detailed, erudite architectural frames,
very close to the figures shown in the treatises, especially those of Serlio.

8. • The Cathedral has been built
on a raised plinth of laterite,
covered over with lime
plaster.
• There is a long nave , two
aisles and a transept.
• A bell tower is located to the
southern side of the façade.
• The nave is barrel-vaulted
while the crossing is rib-
vaulted.

9. • Massive pillars support the vault in the nave and the choir, while the
chapels on either side are separated by internal defences.
• The building is oblong on plan but has a cruciform layout in the interior.
• The main entrance in the façade has Corinthian columns on plinths
supporting a pediment containing an inscription in Latin.

10. • There are four chapels
on either side of the
nave, two of which
have perforated
wooden screens across
the entrance.
• On the right of the
nave, is the other
screened chapel, the
Chapel of the Cross of
Miracles.

11. • In the nave are two
wooden pulpits projecting
from two columns on the
right.
• In the transept are six
altars, three on either side
of the main altar.
• The arches
accommodating four of
these altars are decorated
with paintings depicting
scenes from the lives of
the saints.
Six altars Main altar

12. • In the nave, near the altar, to
the right is a projecting
gallery on which is kept an
18th century organ.
• In the nave near the altar
are seats for the canon and
a throne for the archbishop.
• To the right is a door that
leads to the sacristy, which is
a barrel-vaulted structure
with gilded altar showing a
church modelled after St.
Peter's Church in Rome.

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