St. Paul's College Gate, Old Goa

St. Paul's College in Old Goa was founded around 1542 by St Francis Xavier and became the leading Jesuit institution in Asia. Around 1608 it reportedly had 3,000 students drawn from missions across the continent, along with one of Asia's largest libraries. India's first printing press was set up here, and its first book, Conclusiones Philosophicas, appeared in 1556. After plague broke out in 1578 the old buildings were gradually abandoned, and the college moved to new premises.

The ruins were pulled down in 1832, and all that survives of the college and its church, consecrated in 1543, is the gateway, south of St. Cajetan's church. It is a laterite arch flanked by basalt columns, topped by a niche and crowned with a cross. The ASI protects the gate as a Monument of National Importance.