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Fort Kochi , Ernakulam
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Kochi, fishing village in the Kingdom of Kochi in the pre-colonial Kerala, earlier called as Old kochi was later on given the name as Fort Kochi. In the year 1503 , the territory was lended to the Portuguese people by the Rajah of Kochi after they helped him fighting .The Rajah also allowed them to build Fort Emmanuel to be able to protect their commercial interests. The Portuguese then built their own settlement just behind the fort. Apart from that, they also built a wooden church which later came to be known as the St Francis Church. When the Portuguese and the Dutch were fighting for the possession of this fort, the British took control of it by defeating the Dutch. Then with the Indian independence, the foreign control of Fort Kochi ended in 1947 The silence is especially welcome after the bustle of Cochin, or Ernakulam, which is today, one of Kerala’s important cities. Fort Kochi is also a part of Cochin, albeit with a more interesting history, one that still draws visitors to its shores. Once a hub of trade after the ancient port town of Muziris was washed away by a Tsunami, Fort Kochi welcomed visitors from as far away as Europe and China. It was handed over to the Portuguese who built a fort here, and though the fort no longer remains, the name endures! The Dutch arrived next, and left their own legacy behind, followed by the British. Years after Independence, Fort Kochi still retains vestiges of its former glory, and a tour of Fort Kochi serves well to remind us of the melting pot of culture and civilization our country once was.
