Did you know
Colonial Cochin had a large permanent gallows beside the Santa Cruz Cathedral warehouse near the river. About a mile away, a low island in the backwater called Gallows’ Island served as the site for military executions and later as a burial ground for paupers.
Church · Fort Kochi
Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica, Fort Cochin
A granite pillar from 1505 stands at its southeastern corner.
Free · 190 m from Princess Street
More about Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica, Fort Cochin
5 of 8- Did you knowPope John Paul II made the church a basilica by a decree dated 23 August 1984.
- Did you knowThe ceiling paintings show scenes from the Via Crucis, the Stations of the Cross.
- Did you knowThe Dutch spared the church after taking Kochi in 1663 and used it as an arms storehouse.
- Did you knowOne granite pillar from the original church is preserved at the southeast corner of the basilica grounds.
- Did you knowThe foundation stone of Santa Cruz was laid in May 1505, on the feast of the Invention of the Holy Cross.