The Palácio do Deão was built in 1787, by a Portuguese noble man, who was Dean of the Church and the Founder of Quepem town. The house situated on a hillock, faces the Church he built.
He established, at his own expense, a public market, hospital, Church and other facilities for the benefit of the inhabitants, as inscribed on the pyramidal structure in the churchyard.
The Deão, Jose Paulo, arrived in Goa in 1779 along with the Archbishop, Dom Frei de Santa Catarina, famously known as the barefooted friar, who died in the Palácio do Deão and whose mortal remains are in the Church of Quepem.
On the death of Archbishop Manuel de S. Galdino, in absence of a new Archbishop, he governed the archdiocese from July 1831 up to 1835.
In 1829, he presented the Palácio do Deão to the Viceroys of India-Portuguese, for their recreation, so that they may protect the estate and institutions he had founded. The Conde de Torres Novas (Antonio Vasconcelos Correia) and the Conde de Sarzedas (Bernado J.de Lorena) are some of the Viceroys who spent their holidays here.
The Deão died on the 10th January 1835, after spending 55 years in Goa, and is buried in the Se Cathedral in front of the altar of N. S. da Dores.
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