Did you know
When the Dutch rebuilt Fort Kochi on a reduced scale in 1697, they kept the street grid and gave the streets literal names: de Linde straat (Lime Tree Street), de Heere straat (Gentleman’s Street), de Peeterceelie straat (Parsley Street), de Osse straat (Ox Street), de Kalven straat (Calf Street), de Burgen straat (Citizens Street), de Bree straat (Broad Street), and de Smee straat (Smith’s Street).

Fort Kochi
Fort Manuel, founded 1503, was the first European fortress in India.
70 m from the nets
More about Fort Kochi
5 of 19- Did you knowConstruction of Fort Manuel began on 26 September 1503.
- Did you knowThe Kochi-Muziris Biennale lists the Parade Ground among its exhibition sites.
- Did you knowFort Kochi takes its name from Fort Manuel, the fort the Portuguese built here.
- Did you knowThe Portuguese held Fort Kochi until 1663, when the Dutch captured the territory.
- Did you knowThe Cochin Carnival is held at Fort Kochi every year in the last week of December.