Did you know
Under the ancient laws of Cochin, citizens could be impaled alive for selling cows to Europeans. The punishment reflected the force of local religious customs and the friction between the native administration and early European traders.
Mattancherry
Where spice trading, religious migration and old warehouses still meet.
170 m from the synagogue
More about Mattancherry
5 of 12- Did you knowThe Dutch took over Mattancherry in 1663.
- Did you knowThe 2011 census counted 10,144 people in Mattancherry.
- Did you knowThe only international pepper stock exchange in the world still functions in Jew Town, Mattancherry.
- Did you knowThe Mattancherry Water Metro station is on Jew Town Road and is connected with High Court Terminal by water.
- Did you knowMattancherry is a historic ward of Kochi, about 9 km south-west of the city centre and just south of Fort Kochi.