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This church was the first Catholic, the first Protestant and the first Anglican church in India


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Blog: 9) Kochi, the European city
Date: February 26th 2005

Kochi (former Cochin) cannot deny the European influence, by the Portuguese, the Dutch and the British. Vasco da Gama landed in Calicut, 200 km north of Kochi, in 1498. Already four years later, he came to Kochi, where he died in 1524 and stayed buried in this town until 1538. The touristy part of this city is called Fort Kochi, and practically every building there is European. Fo ... read more




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