Dona Paula
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Dona Paula is a neighborhood and tourist destination in the city of Panaji, Goa, India. It is today home to the National Institute of Oceanography and the International Centre Goa.
Fishing Boats anchored at Dona Paula, Goa
View of the rocks by the sea at Dona Paula, Goa
Sculptures of Robert Knox with his wife, made by Yrsa von Leistner in the 20th century
Hidalgo (nobility)
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A hidalgo or a fidalgo is a member of the Spanish or Portuguese nobility; the feminine forms of the terms are hidalga, in Spanish, and fidalga, in Portuguese and Galician. Legally, a hidalgo is a nobl
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…in Portuguese Goa. She was related to the Portuguese Viceroy of Jaffnapatnam in Sri Lanka. She and her family arrived in Goa in 1744 and she married a hidalgo from Spain in 1756. Her father was Dom António Caetano de Menezes Souto Maior. They were an extremely affluent family, and the entire property from the…
17th-century French illustration of a hidalgo in Spanish America with a Black servant