The Neo Roman Styles in Goa

• First Period: Early Neo Roman (1510 – 50)

 Gothic style ( Our Lady of Rosary at Old Goa)

• Second Period: Mannerism (1510 – 1760)

 The se cathedral 1562 – 1651 designed mainly by Julio
Simao.
 The church of our lady of divine providence 1656 – 61
designed by Carlo Ferrarini and Francesco Milazzo.
 The church our lady of caramel now destroyed was based of
italian façade the Gesin Gome designed by Glacomo Della
Porta.
 In the second part of this period the Indian style of neo
roman emerged with four typical features dominated
sanctuary reticulated façade modified classical idiom and
the use of Indian aesthetic principles.
 The diminuted façade – like the Hindu temple, has a large
nave leading to a smaller sanctuary.
 The reticulated façade – is the forming of a grid of
compartments by the orders, with plasters or columns
crowned by entablature.
The standard proportions of the classical orders were
modified by the mannerist moving closer to the more
flexible modulation of traditional Indian
architecture.

The important quality of the indian Aesthetic which

was applied in the indian neo roman style was that of
conservative evolution.
Third Period : maturity of the Indian neo roman
1660 – 1760
 Holy spirit church at old goa 1661-80
 Holy spirit church at margao 1675 – 84
 Use of features like cupoliform fronton, salomonic
columns, planer groin vault and the further
refinement of the reticulated façade marked this
period.
Fourth period finale of the Indian neo roman 1760 –
1850
 The grand design of the Neo roman churches were
applied to smaller buildings like chapels and houses.
 Motifs from neo roman and Islamic styles were
combined to create a composite idiom.
 Types of Facade

Peaked Gable Facades

 Our lady of help Ribandar, Tiswadi
 St Michael the archangel, Taleigao Tiswadi

These churches have two storeys high façade

surrounded by a large gable with an oculus.
The large single tower is square in plan rises to three
storeys and generally has no openings other than the
belfy arch.
 Cupoliform Facades
 St Cajetan Assagao Bardez
 St Alex Calangute Bardez

 In this type of façade the unusual fronton of the pedimental

gable type is replaced by a wall which is slightly curved in
plan on the façade side and having a dome shaped in
elevation.
 The fronton has three levels like a rectangular cupoladrum,
calotte and lantern.
 This cupoliform structure is built in solid masonry but gives
the illusion of 3 dimensional dome.
Pozzian pediment Facades
 Holy spirit church margao.
 St Alex church curtolim.

The pozzon pediment is a baroque decorative motif

named after the late Baroque architect Andrea
Pozzo.
It has three parts voulted sides and a raised centre
with a crowning cornice which is segmentally curved.
Rocco Facades

 It has an ornate style of decoration in which scrolls,

voluters and shells were worked together in larvish
profuse detail.
 In rocco architecture and decoration show great
refinement and inticacy but less vigion anf force
compared to renaissance and barque styles.
 Templete façade
 St Michael church, Orlim
 Our Lady of Succor, Bardez

 A templete is a motif imitating a classical roman temple.

 The templete motif may take the form of a pedimental
aedicule with a recessed central niche flanked by a coupled
engaged cloumns.
 The templete may be capped by broken swan necked or
volute pediments and other devices like alettes.
Neo Gothic façade
 Our lady of Rosary Old Goa.
Uses the pointed arch, vib vault and flying butten