Did you know
The church still holds a Dutch baptism and marriage register running from 1751 to 1804. Dutch visitors come to look up their own ancestors in it.
Church · Fort Kochi
St. Francis CSI Church
Vasco da Gama was buried here for fourteen years; the empty slab remains.
Free · 170 m from Princess Street
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More about St. Francis CSI Church
5 of 9- Did you knowEntry to St. Francis Church is free, and it shuts on Sundays.
- Did you knowSt. Francis Church was originally built in 1503 and is one of the oldest European churches in India.
- Did you knowWhen the Dutch took Kochi in 1663 they kept this church as a government church while demolishing the others.
- Did you knowThe gravestone of Vasco Fernandes Pimentel was for a time mistaken for Vasco da Gama’s, because it bore the name Vasco.
- Did you knowThe Portuguese and Dutch gravestones were moved from the church floor to the walls to protect their inscriptions from wear.