Central Kerala
Ernakulam District
Kanayannur

Hill Palace

Hill Palace is an archaeological museum and palace located in the Tripunithura neighbourhood of , . It is the largest archeological museum in the state and was the imperial administrative office and official residence of the Cochin Maharaja.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: archeological museum, heritage museum in Kochi, India
  • Also known as: “Hill Palace Complex”, “Hill Palace, Kochi”, and “Hill Palace, Tripunithura”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tripunithura railway station and Thrippunithura Terminal metro station.

Railway station
Photo: Arunvrparavur, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an NSG–4 category Indian railway station in Thiruvananthapuram railway division of Southern Railway zone. It is a railway terminal located at , Kochi, in the Indian state of . is situated 1¼ km west of Hill Palace.

Metro station
Photo: Ranjithsiji, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Thrippunithura Terminal is a terminal metro station serving as the southern terminal of the Kochi Metro which was opened on 6 March 2024. It was inaugurated by the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi on 6 March 2024 and marked the completion of final station of the first phase of the Kochi metro system that starts from . is situated 1½ km west of Hill Palace.

School
is a private school in , India, built in 1991. It is owned by The Choice Group under the leadership of Jose Thomas Olassa. The school follows the CBSE syllabus. is situated 1½ km northwest of Hill Palace.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Thiruvankulam and Irumpanam.

Village
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is a census town in municipality, in , , . The area is a part of the Kochi metropolitan area.

Suburb
is a suburban region of the city of in the state of , . It is an important industrial region, housing many companies such as Indian Oil Corporation, and .

Town
Photo: Maheshbabu.nair, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the southern suburb of , and the erstwhile capital of the Kingdom of Cochin. The suburb is famous for various historical palaces, museums and temples, and as a centre of the arts.

Hill Palace

Latitude
9.95343° or 9° 57′ 12″ north
Longitude
76.36403° or 76° 21′ 51″ east
Elevation
31 metres (102 feet)
Open location code
6JXRX937+9J
Open­Street­Map ID
way 216651733
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Geo­Names ID
7626300
Wiki­data ID
Q5762228
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Tamil—“Hill Palace” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “丘陵宮”
  • French: “palais de la Colline”
  • French: “Palais de la Colline”
  • Malayalam: “Hill palace”
  • Malayalam: “തൃപ്പൂണിത്തുറ ഹിൽപാലസ്”
  • Malayalam: “ഹിൽ പാലസ്”
  • Tamil: “மலை அரண்மனை, திரிப்பூணித்துரா”
  • Tamil: “மலை அரண்மனை, திரிப்பூணித்துறா”
  • Tamil: “மலை அரண்மனை”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Hill Palace”. Photo: Captainofhope, CC BY-SA 3.0.