Restore the city of Old Goa?
Old Goa was once a proper city, not just a handful of churches standing in open fields. It had dense streets, rows of houses, markets, hospitals, colleges, convents, and palaces, a real urban world. Even the broad lawns between the Sé Cathedral and Basilica were once busy streets with homes and activity on either side. At its peak the city may have held nearly 3 lakh people (remarkable for that period), before plague, decline, and changing trade routes slowly emptied it and stripped away its urban life.
The real question is whether Old Goa should remain only a preserved relic, or whether it can become part of living Goa again. Cities like Rome show that history does not need to be isolated from everyday life. Old Goa could gradually reconnect with Panjim through thoughtful planning, avenues, traditional buildings, cultural spaces, museums, cafés, libraries, public squares, and even residences or universities. By restoring character, atmosphere, and the feeling that this was once a living city, not merely a memory.