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O enquadramento entre fachadas de duas torres e zimbórios foi um problema que os
arquitectos barrocos procuraram resolver. Se até à época renascentista o problema não se punha,
a partir da construção da nova Basílica de São Pedro no Vaticano (Roma) este tema passou a estar
presente nas mentes dos projectistas: como resolver o enquadramento visual do zimbório com as
torres laterais das fachadas? Também na igreja teatina de Goa se colocou a problemática do enquadramento do zimbório com as torres da sua fachada. Este templo foi a primeira e única igreja com
zimbório erguida na parte oriental do império português, e o seu zimbório, pela grande dimensão,
beleza e rapidez de execução, tornou-se no principal motivo arquitectónico da igreja para quem a
observa de longe, tendo-se convertido em alvo de admiração. Esta admiração deu inclusivamente
origem a um conjunto sui generis de igrejas paroquiais no território das Velhas Conquistas de Goa,
possuindo fachadas com forte demarcação dos andares e, sobretudo, um falso zimbório entre as
torres laterais, mais precisamente na parte superior do pano central da fachada.
The framing between domes and façades with two towers was a problem that Baroque architects tried to solve. If until the Renaissance the problem almost did not exist, from the construction of the new basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican (Rome) onwards this theme became present on the architects’ minds: how to solve the visual framing between dome and lateral towers from church façades? This problematic existed during the construction of the Theatine church in Goa, the first and only church with a dome built in the eastern part of the Portuguese empire. This dome, because of its dimension, beauty and fast construction, became the main architectural object of the Theatine church for those who were seeing it from far. The admiration caused by this dome gave origin to a sui generis set of parish churches in the areas of the Old Conquests in Goa: these churches had a façade with a strong demarcation of their storeys, but their major characteristic was the false dome placed between the lateral towers, more precisely in the upper part of the central area of the façades.
The framing between domes and façades with two towers was a problem that Baroque architects tried to solve. If until the Renaissance the problem almost did not exist, from the construction of the new basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican (Rome) onwards this theme became present on the architects’ minds: how to solve the visual framing between dome and lateral towers from church façades? This problematic existed during the construction of the Theatine church in Goa, the first and only church with a dome built in the eastern part of the Portuguese empire. This dome, because of its dimension, beauty and fast construction, became the main architectural object of the Theatine church for those who were seeing it from far. The admiration caused by this dome gave origin to a sui generis set of parish churches in the areas of the Old Conquests in Goa: these churches had a façade with a strong demarcation of their storeys, but their major characteristic was the false dome placed between the lateral towers, more precisely in the upper part of the central area of the façades.
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Goa Roma Arquitectura religiosa Fachadas de duas torres Enquadramento de zimbórios
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Citation
SANTOS, Joaquim Rodrigues dos. “Da Roma Eterna à Roma do Oriente: Sobre a Problemática do Enquadramento Visual de Fachadas de Duas Torres com Zimbórios Centrais na Arquitectura Religiosa Goesa”. In: Cadernos PPG-AU. Salvador da Bahia: Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo da Universidade Federal da Bahia, 2014, nr.11, pp.39-58
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Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo da Universidade Federal da Bahia