Indo-Portuguese Museum
The Indo-Portuguese Museum is a museum in Fort Kochi, Kerala, India.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Opening hours: Tuesday—Sunday 9:00 AM—1:00 PM and 2:00 PM—6:00 PM
- Type: Museum
- Description: a museum in Fort Kochi, Kerala
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica and Church of Saint Francis, Kochi.
Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica
Church
Photo: Wouterhagens, Public domain.
The Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica, also known as Kotta Palli or Kottepalli, is located in Fort Kochi, Kochi. It is one of the thirty-four basilicas in India and one of nine in Kerala. Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica is situated 390 metres northeast of Indo-Portuguese Museum.
Church of Saint Francis, Kochi
Church
Photo: Ranjithsiji, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Saint Francis Church, in Fort Kochi, Kochi, originally built in 1503, is one of the oldest European churches in India and has historical significance as a witness to the European colonial ambitions in the subcontinent. Church of Saint Francis, Kochi is situated 410 metres north of Indo-Portuguese Museum.
Fort Immanuel,Fort Kochi
Ruins
Fort Emmanuel, also known as Fort Manuel, is a ruined fort located at Fort Kochi Beach in Kochi, Kerala, India. It was built by the Portuguese to be a bastion & a symbol of the strategic alliance between the Kingdom of Cochin and the Kingdom of Portugal. Fort Immanuel,Fort Kochi is situated 470 metres north of Indo-Portuguese Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Old Kochi and Mattancherry.
Old Kochi
Old Kochi is the tourist enclave of Kochi, and it is separated from Ernakulam by Vembanad Lake, one of the largest in India. It consists of Fort Kochi, Mattancherry and the surrounding islands.
Mattancherry
Suburb
Photo: കാക്കര, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mattancherry is a historic ward of Kochi, Kerala. It is about 9 km south-west from the city centre. Mattanchery is home to many sites of historical and cultural significance, including the Paradesi Synagogue, which was the centre of life in the Jewish Quarter.
Panayapilly
Neighborhood
Panayapilly is a village in Ernakulam district near Fort Kochi in the Indian state of Kerala.
Indo-Portuguese Museum
- Categories: art museum, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Kochi, Ernakulam District, Central Kerala, Kerala, Southern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
9.96231° or 9° 57′ 44″ northLongitude
76.24027° or 76° 14′ 25″ eastOpen location code
6JXRX66R+W4OpenStreetMap ID
node 600348684OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q6025543
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In Other Languages
From Esperanto to Tamil—“Indo-Portuguese Museum” goes by many names.
- Esperanto: “Hind-Portugala Muzeo”
- Portuguese: “Museu Indo-Português”
- Tamil: “இந்தோ-போர்த்துகீசிய அருங்காட்சியகம்”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include St John De Britto Anglo-Indian High School and Pattalam Juma Masjid.
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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 “Indo-Portuguese Museum”. Photo: Deepakp7, Public domain.