RAJ BHAVAN,GOA(PALACIO DO CABO)

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The Raj Bhavan is a residential palace and fort situated in Dona Paula,Goa. It was known by the name "Palacio do Cabo" until it gained official status as the residence of the govenor of Goa. It is said that the palace was built between the 16th and 17th century by the Portuguese.

Since the Portuguese belived in the motto "God, Glory and Gold" they built a church inside the palace which is dedicated to Our Lady Of The Cape and the feast of which is celebrated annually on 15th August. The church was looked after by the priests of different orders (Jesuits, Dominicans ,Franciscan) who also had a convent(Franciscan) attached to the  church. Since the fort was a safe heaven, it was later controlled by the priests without any military help and later on it became a temporary guest house for the archbishop, who was in most cases the governor.

But in the mid 18th century the Jesuit priests who looked after the whole fort were forced to move out of the palace and the Portuguese government took full control of the fort because of the "Pombaline Reforms" introduced by the then Mornach Joseph 1 The Marquis of Pombal. So after the liberation of Goa from the Portuguese on 19th December 1961 the palace went into the hands of the Indian government like every other property owned by the Portuguese government. And from since then it is been used as a residential palace for the governor of Goa.

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