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Long-lost shipwreck packed with gold discovered in the African desert
The Bom Jesus (The Good Jesus), a Portuguese ship, set sail for India from Lisbon on 7 March, 1533, when it got caught up in a devastating storm. The vessel, which was laden with treasures ...
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Shipwreck in the Forbidden Zone
One of these was the Bom Jesus—the Good Jesus—captained by one Dom Francisco de Noronha and carrying 300 or so sailors, soldiers, merchants, priests, nobles, and slaves. PINNING A NAME and a ...
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Basilica de Bom Jesus
Famous for being the first Minor Basilica in India, the Basilica of Bom Jesus is located 10 km east of Panaji, in Old Goa (Velha Goa). It is perhaps Goa’s most famous church and among the most ...
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Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga
The Nomination files produced by the States Parties are published by the World Heritage Centre at its website and/or in working documents in order to ensure transparency, access to information and to ...
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The Growing Stone
During the city's most important festival, the Bom Jesus procession, he meets a man who promised to carry a stone over his head after being miraculously saved from a shipwreck. Curious about the ...
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Reprieve for 12 ‘illegal structures’ at heritage site in Old Goa
The 12 ‘illegal structures’ situated within 300 metres of the centrally protected monument Basilica of Bom Jesus Church at Old Goa, got a rep ...