Kochi (Cochin) Historic Sites

Historic Sites in Kochi (Cochin), India

Kochi (Cochin) Historic Sites

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  • Kalpesh A
    Mumbai, India249 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    The church is massive, like several other churches in Kerala. It is well pretty maintained and a good place to visit in Cochin.
    Written 12 October 2024
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  • LincolnBest
    Lefkada, Greece787 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Beautifully calm place and well looked after. You do need to be modestly dressed and Lao for women, to cover their heads, but they provide shawls (for free) if you don’t have one.
    Written 4 February 2025
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  • podrozniczka60
    New Jersey17,112 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    All art lovers should visit this place. Known for its biennale the building houses now interesting exhibitions. Some of the artists have their work also featured in other boutiques in town. The building is situated waterfront, a pleasant Dutch colonial architecture.
    Written 18 March 2023
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  • Vinayan p
    Dubai, United Arab Emirates18 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    This place is known as Kovilakom because Maharajah of Cochin lived here under Paliam Protection. Paliam is a complex of Buildings.
    Written 7 March 2018
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  • Robert O
    Rotterdam, The Netherlands6,592 contributions
    3.0 of 5 bubbles
    The Bishop's house rather looks like a villa, not to say palace. The Roman Catholic bishop of Kochi took residence here after the church bought it. Not a humble place, but rather luxurious with beautiful well kept gardens surrounding it.

    The exact history of the building puzzled me: "built in 1508" to serve as residence of the Portugese governor claim the tourist brochures, that is 10 years after Vasco da Gama arrived. They first had to build a fort. Perhaps there first was a more modest building to house the governor. I liked the tiled roof and gothic style arches.
    Written 14 December 2023
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  • Jay Shah
    Ahmedabad, India2,391 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    The bungalow was built near vasco da gama square, it was originally built by the Portuguese in the 16th century and then most of it was destroyed by the Duchess and they were agin made in the 17th century offers a unique glimpse into the city.

    Nowadays, the bungalow is currently converted in the museum and open for the public. Even if you can't explore the entire building, the museum itself is worth a visit.

    Just to ensure to check the opening hours to visit.
    Written 12 May 2024
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  • noamrozenberg
    Lisbon, Portugal12 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    We decided to visit this 12th century amazing synagogue that is beautiful preserved and maintained by Mr Solomon an amazing man who keep the spirit of Judaism in Kochi together with strong connection to ISRAEL.
    Written 10 January 2020
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  • VNJaroor
    Aroor, India285 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Very nice place for worship. Cam and quite. Some congestion due to location inside market. See service timings in my photos.
    Written 13 January 2021
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  • mks3210
    Vellore, India155 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    This is just the remains of the seminary built by Portuguese in the 16th century. Good historic monument to visit
    Written 31 October 2018
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  • prasadrr
    Tiruchengode, India895 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Keerthisthambham Easy Reachable palace ., Good Historical palace Kids Must See tourist Attraction place .,
    Good Parking & Lot of gift Shop near .,
    Written 23 March 2018
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  • Advaith S
    1 contribution
    1.0 of 5 bubbles
    In 2:43
    He says anyone who comes to Kochi
    Can pray to Almighty and get his blessings
    Well let me tell you my part and burst this fairy tale...
    Look I have some strong thoughts about this
    Seeing these interviews of Elias Josephai
    I'm a 12 year old who lives in Kochi
    And I like history a lot
    Especially the Jewish history
    When I got to know about this synagogue
    I was happy
    Cuz theres a synagogue so near to me...
    And I like to see synagogue
    And I read a lot about Kochi's history
    But when I entered in there was a big aquarium full of fishes to sell
    Then I saw this man Elias Josephai
    Look before meeting this 'Sir' I had a good impression about him
    Such a nice guy
    Single-handedly restored this piece of history
    There he was talking to someone
    I had intentions to talk
    But as he was talking
    I thought lets see the synagogue and come back
    But when I ask a staff there
    Where is the synagogue?
    He is like 'I dont know,ask the owner '
    So by this time Mr Elias's conversation was over
    So I asked him twice
    But he didnt mind me
    Then this time i thought along with asking, i can strike a conversation
    And i asked him the third time
    And he very hazily said
    Entry is not allowed, you can go
    This guy was really rude at me
    So WTH do u mean by ur words?
    If u have restored a piece of history
    You gotta let ppl interested in history
    Or atleast talk
    You were talking to other ppl
    But judged me
    Its not fair...
    I hope someday its open...
    And thankyou Mr.Elias
    For partially ruining my self esteem
    By being rude
    I had better expectations...😢
    Written 5 December 2024
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