Old Goa, the City of Bygone era, This was the city, "Pearl Of the Orient" my ancestors built, that dazzled the world in 16th century, which in the end had to be evacuated because of a deadly plague that decimated its handsome citizens,
Credit: Milosh Kitchovitch/ Amazing places on our Planet
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We were one of the clans that survived the plague. Now only the churches remain, a testimony of its opulence and grandeur in its heyday. Its Now UNESCO listed World Heritage Site.
according to eyewitness account of our patron Saint Francis Xavier, women would lean out of balconies showering gold and silver leaves on parades below.
It was then the age of exploration and discovery of the new world, in the wild west, the Cherokees and the Shawnees roamed the wilderness. It's amazing how young is USA, compared to thousand years of history of other places but the new land of the natives would serve as a rendezvous for every bloodline of human kind and the effervescence of creativity that ensued for the betterment of all.
And today with science, innovation, technology and in this information age, we can view back the land, the brave and the restless left behind.
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