Church of Saint Francis, Kochi

Saint Francis Church, in , , originally built in 1503, is one of the oldest European churches in and has historical significance as a witness to the European colonial ambitions in the .
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  • Church
  • …lies at an elevation of around 20 metres (50 feet)
  • …is also known as “St. Francis Church”
  • Description: church in Kerala
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica and Fort Kochi Beach.
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The , also known as Kotta… is situated 230 metres southeast of Church of Saint Francis, Kochi.
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is a beach along the Arabian Sea… is situated 190 metres northwest of Church of Saint Francis, Kochi.
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Fort Emmanuel, also known as Fort Manuel, is a ruined… is situated 230 metres west of Church of Saint Francis, Kochi.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old Kochi and Mattancherry.
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is the tourist enclave of , and…
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is a historic ward of , .
is a village in near in the Indian state of . is situated 2½ km southeast of Church of Saint Francis, Kochi.

Church of Saint Francis, Kochi

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Latitude
9.96594° or 9° 57′ 57″ north
Longitude
76.24107° or 76° 14′ 28″ east
Open location code
6JXRX68R+9C
Open­Street­Map ID
way 411229869
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­church
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tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
7576015
Wiki­data ID
Q3595372

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In Other Languages

From Assamese to Urdu—“Church of Saint Francis, Kochi” goes by many names.
  • Assamese: “ছেইণ্ট ফ্ৰান্সিছ গীৰ্জা”
  • Assamese: “ছেইণ্ট ফ্ৰান্সিছ চাৰ্চ”
  • Bengali: “সেন্ট ফ্রান্সিস চার্চ, কোচি”
  • Chinese: “圣方济堂”
  • Chinese: “聖方濟堂”
  • Czech: “kostel svatého Františka”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه القديس فرنسيس”
  • French: “Église Saint-François de Cochin”
  • French: “St. Francis Church”
  • Galician: “Igrexa de San Francisco”
  • German: “Franziskanerkirche”
  • Gujarati: “સેન્ટ ફ્રાન્સિસ ચર્ચ, કોચી”
  • Hindi: “सेंट फ्रांसिस चर्च ,कोचीन”
  • Indonesian: “Gereja Santo Fransiskus, Kochi”
  • Kannada: “ಸೇಂಟ್ ಫ್ರಾನ್ಸಿಸ್ ಚರ್ಚ್, ಕೊಚ್ಚಿ”
  • Kannada: “ಸೇಂಟ್ ಫ್ರಾನ್ಸಿಸ್ ಚರ್ಚ್”
  • Malayalam: “St. Francis Church, Fort Kochi”
  • Malayalam: “ഫോർട്ട് കൊച്ചിയിലെ വിശുദ്ധ ഫ്രാൻസിസ് പള്ളി”
  • Malayalam: “സെന്റ് ഫ്രാൻസിസ് ചർച്ച്, ഫോർട്ട് കൊച്ചി”
  • Malayalam: “സെന്റ് ഫ്രാൻസിസ് പള്ളി, ഫോർട്ട് കൊച്ചി”
  • Maltese: “Knisja ta‘ San Franġisk”
  • Marathi: “सेंट फ्रांसिस चर्च, कोची”
  • Marathi: “सेंट फ्रांसिस चर्च”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “St. Francis Church”
  • Norwegian: “St. Francis Church”
  • Panjabi: “ਚਰਚ ਆਫ਼ ਸੇਂਟ ਫ੍ਰਾਂਸਿਸ, ਕੋਚੀ”
  • Portuguese: “Igreja de São Francisco”
  • Romanian: “Biserica Sf. Francisc”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Eaglais Naomh Frangan”
  • Slovenian: “frančiškanska cerkev”
  • Swedish: “St. Francis Church, Kochi”
  • Tamil: “புனித பிரான்சிசு தேவாலயம், கொச்சி”
  • Tamil: “புனித பிரான்சிசு தேவாலயம்”
  • Telugu: “సెయింట్ ఫ్రాన్సిస్ చర్చి, కొచ్చి”
  • Ukrainian: “Церква Святого Франциска (Кочі)”
  • Ukrainian: “Церква Святого Франциска”
  • Urdu: “سینٹ فرانسس چرچ”

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