The Sé Cathedral in Old Goa is dedicated to Saint Catherine and commemorates the Portuguese victory under Afonso de Albuquerque that led to the capture of Goa in 1510. Governor George Cabral commissioned the enlargement in 1552, built on the remains of an earlier structure. The article names no architect. Construction began in 1562 under King Dom Sebastião, finished in 1619 and was consecrated in 1640.
The infobox lists the style as Portuguese-Gothic, while the text says Portuguese-Manueline. The exterior is Tuscan and the interior Corinthian. The cathedral is 250 feet (76 m) long and 181 feet (55 m) wide, with a frontispiece 115 feet (35 m) high.
It originally had two towers, and one collapsed in 1776. A huge gilded reredos stands over the main altar. It is part of the Churches and convents of Goa World Heritage Site.
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