The Safa Shahouri Masjid, Goa’s oldest remaining mosque, is 2km from the town centre, on Ponda’s northern outskirts. Built by Bijapuri ruler Ali Adil Shah in 1560, it was originally surrounded by gardens, fountains and a palace, and is said to have matched the mosques at Bijapur in size and quality. Today little remains of the mosque’s former grandeur, despite attempts at restoration by the Archaeological Survey of India.
