5303 x 3728 px | 44,9 x 31,6 cm | 17,7 x 12,4 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
2005
Ort:
Da Gama house, Verna, Salcete, Goa, India
Weitere Informationen:
The cultural symbiosis between Portugal and Goa was vibrantly expressed in the houses built by the Christian Goan landed gentry The double storied house Casa de sobrado of the late 18th century patterned on the Lisbon doubled storied mansion remained Goan in that it never had more than 2 stories The upper floor was exclusively for the family the lower was for services Unlike the nondescript lower floor windows the large windows of the top floor had balustrated balconies which were corbelled giving the balconies an appearance of preaching pulpits a feature borrowed from 16th century religious colonial architecture The main balcony balcao rather a colonnaded porch at the entrance is a common feature It is the Goan house s device for opening upto the outer world Da Gama house Verna Salcete Goa
