Alamparai Fort
The ruins of Alamparai Fort lie near Kadappakkam in India, a village 50 km from Mamallapuram on the land overlooking the sea. Constructed in the late 17th century during the Mughal era, the Alamparai Fort once had a 100-metre long dockyard stretching into the sea, from which zari cloth, salt, and ghee were exported.
- Ruins
- …is also known as “Alambarai Fort”
- Description: fort near Kadapakkam, Tamil Nadu, India
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cheyyur.
Cheyyur
Cheyyur is a town in Chengalpattu district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
Alamparai Fort
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Latitude
12.26598° or 12° 15′ 58″ north
Longitude
80.01014° or 80° 0′ 37″ east
Open location code
7M427286+93
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic = ruins
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Tamil—“Alamparai Fort” goes by many names.
AlamparaiCatalan
قلعة الامباراىEgyptian Arabic
आलम्परै किलाHindi
ஆலம்பரை கோட்டைTamil
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