Bombay Harbour, ruins of the Portuguese church. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
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Genre: Architectural Photography Ruins within the fort on the summit of Lower Karanja. Taken by assault in 1774 by troops under the command of Colonel Keatinge, Bombay Army.
Pangim [Panjim], Goa, Portuguese India. Church of San Sebastian. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
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Genre: Architectural Photography The cathedral is on the hill behind. The ancient cathedral of Bom Jesus is on Old Goa, some 3 miles inland. Pangim houses once the home of armiger Portuguese families [who] have descended in the social scale. Officials of the government live mostly in the colo...
The Franciscan church & convent of Santa Barbara. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
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Genre: Architectural Photography Note one of the several breaches in the seaward walls. A former Portuguese settlement on the banks of the Ambalika river. 30 miles by sea from Bombay and 7 from Alibagh. An inscription in the forecourt states that the ramparts were completed in 1577, but many ...
Hurnai [Harnai] and neighbourhood, The Konkun Coast. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
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Genre: Architectural Photography Roman Catholic church of St Ann built in 1817, the first year of British occupation. A few poor native Christians live here. They are said to be descendants of craftsmen from Goa engaged for the maintenance of the fabric of the forts by the Angrias. They are as ...
Gunpati Pula Temple. The Konkun Coast. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
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Genre: Architectural Photography [Temple] on the seashore and at the foot of a barren hill (with a profusion of the 'Coxinea Exora' shrubs, very common on the waste lands hereabouts). It lies between Jaigad and Waroda (Tiveri).
Dapoli, The Konkun Coast. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
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The deserted Garrison Church of Dapoli, 7 miles inland from Hurnai. In 1819 it was the Headquarters of the South Konkun Division. In the mid-19th century it was still a cantonment for an active battalion of Native Infantry and the Bombay Veteran Battalion. It was a house of discord and disconten...