Fontainhas
The Latin quarter, repainted every monsoon.
- Where
- Panaji, Goa, India
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 15.4950, 73.8310
Get the Fontainhas stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Fontainhas. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Goa volume with your photos and a note.
Near Fontainhas
Goa State Museum 0.3 km
Fourteen galleries in Panaji, including a rotating Lamp of Judgement that decided cases by turning.
Reis Magos Fort 2.4 km
Restored properly, and the best view of the Mandovi.
Miramar 2.9 km
The beach at Panjim, and one of the most visited in Goa.
Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary 3.4 km
Mangrove and mudflat at the mouth of the Mandovi.
Fort Aguada 6.2 km
A Portuguese fort of 1612 with a freshwater spring inside it, which is what its name means and why ships stopped.
Divar Island 8.4 km
A ferry, and Goa as it was fifty years ago.
Basilica of Bom Jesus 8.7 km
Holds the body of Francis Xavier, exposed to view once a decade, in a church whose laterite has never been plastered.
Se Cathedral 8.7 km
The largest church in Asia, built over eighty years, with a bell said to have tolled for the Inquisition.
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Questions
Where is Fontainhas?
Fontainhas is in Panaji, Goa. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Goa State Museum (0.3 km), Reis Magos Fort (2.4 km), Miramar (2.9 km).
How do I get the Fontainhas stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Fontainhas and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Goa volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Fontainhas before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Goa volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
Collect your first stamp.
LOQAH is free on iPhone and Android, in India and 20 more countries, with more countries on the way. Stand at a place, collect its stamp, and keep every trip in a passport that grows.