Did you know
Mattancherry Palace, commonly called the Dutch Palace, is actually Portuguese: it was constructed around 1550 and presented as a gift to the Rajah of Cochin. It became associated with the Dutch only after they renovated and altered it more than a century later.
Museum
Archaeological Site Museum, Mattancherry Palace
Actually built by the Portuguese around 1550, later renovated by the Dutch.
100 m from the synagogue
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5 of 8- Did you knowOnly one wall separates the palace temple from the Paradesi Synagogue.
- Did you knowThe synagogue and the Hindu temple of Mattancherry Palace share a wall.
- Did you knowThe palace was declared a central government protected monument in 1951.
- Did you knowThe Portuguese had the palace built around 1555, and the date is also given as 1545 in other sources.
- Did you knowThe Dutch rebuilt the palace under their rule in the 1660s, which is why it is also called the Dutch Palace.