Principal Public Squares
Wherever churches exist in a Goan community—whether urban or rural—that has a predominantly Roman Catholic population, the commercial, residential, and administrative functions revolve around the church square, making the space around the church the principal public square. These squares have evolved as a fusion of the traditional systems of pre-Portuguese Goa and the design of squares developed in post–medieval Europe prior to the colonization of Goa.
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