The Church of Saint Anne, also known as Sant’Ana or Santana Church, is the parish church of the small village of Talaulim, located about 10 miles from Panjim, the capital of Goa, and about seven miles from the old capital city, Goa Velha, home to the Churches and Convents of Goa, inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage list. (...)
The Church of Saint Anne, also known as Sant’Ana or Santana Church, is the parish church of the small village of Talaulim, located about 10 miles from Panjim, the capital of Goa, and about seven miles from the old capital city, Goa Velha, home to the Churches and Convents of Goa, inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage list. Once a year in July, thousands flock to the church to celebrate the feast of its patron saint, Anne.
Like other churches in the Indo-Portuguese Baroque style, Saint Anne Church has a large, single nave that opens onto a smaller, narrow sanctuary, and a spectacular groin vault. Years of inadequate maintenance and the aggressive monsoon environment caused major cracks to develop along the vault, on the tiled roofs, down the southern bell tower, and within the two towers’ staircases. These structural damages threatened the church’s stability while allowing moisture and vegetation to invade and decay plaster, stone, and wooden elements.
