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Capela De Nossa Senhora Da Saúde
The Capela de Nossa Senhora da Saúde or the Chapel of Our Lady of Health, is a Roman Catholic chapel on the island of Chorão (Island), Chorão in Goa, India. It was originally built in 1705. History Tradition has it that this chapel is the most antique monument in the island of Chorão (Island), Chorão and it was built at the expense of the Comunidade of Chorão. The chapel was re-built in 1940 and blessed on 24 April 1942. The original facade of the old chapel including the towers were left untouched. Jose Maria Tito Fernandes, the Architect who was mainly instrumental in rebuilding the chapel and in putting up such a fine structure. The chapel has three altars. The main altar is dedicated to the patroness, Nossa Senhora da Saúde, and the lateral ones to St. Joseph and St. Sebastian. The chapel has the Stations of the Cross which have been canonically erected. At the expense of Benedito Quadros a Grotto dedicated to Our Lady of Lourdes has been built in the compound ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chorão (Island)
Alexandre Magno Abrão (9 April 1970 – 6 March 2013), known professionally as Chorão, was a Brazilian singer-songwriter, skateboarder, filmmaker, screenwriter and businessman. Best known for being a founding member and the vocalist/main lyricist of the influential alternative rock band Charlie Brown Jr., '' Folha de S.Paulo'' critic André Barcinski considered him "the nearest thing to a punk hero Brazilian mainstream music ever had", and Eduardo Tristão Girão of Portal Uai called him "the bad boy of Brazilian rock" and "the spokesman of the youth of the 1990s". Having been born and raised for most of his childhood in São Paulo, Chorão was the only Charlie Brown Jr. member not to hail originally from Santos, and its only founding member to remain consistently in all of the group's line-ups. Biography Alexandre Magno Abrão was born in the district of Tremembé in the Northeast Zone of São Paulo on April 9, 1970. He also had a brother, Ricardo; a sister, Tânia, who d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
