Abstract

Urban design an art of designing places. Trend in Urban Design is to learn from the past and era forgotten. Portuguese 15th and 16th centuries Architecture and Urban spaces reflect influence and interbreeding of Portuguese and Local Cultures. Old Goa, Portuguese capital “Queen of East” from 1510 had a population of nearly 300, 000 people. City had local cultural influences at level of Architecture and Urban Design. City began to lose glory from 1743 due to epidemics and attacks by Dutch and Marathas. The paper makes a case to understand urban design attributes include: Image of the City, Identify what is lost and forgotten by using evidences of Interpretation of history, literature, paintings, maps, etc. as the original settlement and development does not exist.

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