Dutch Cemetery, Fort Kochi

Kochi Dutch Cemetery
Entrance of Dutch Cemetery
Interactive map of Kochi Dutch Cemetery
9°57′51″N 76°14′18″E / 9.9642°N 76.2383°E / 9.9642; 76.2383
LocationFort Kochi, Kochi, Kerala, India
History
Built1724
Site notes
Architectural style
Dutch colonial
Governing bodyArchaeological Survey of India

Kochi Dutch Cemetery is a heritage cemetery located at Fort Kochi, in Kochi, in the Indian state of Kerala.

History

In 1663, the Dutch captured Cochin from the Portuguese, established the town as an administrative centre of Dutch Malabar and trading settlement of the Dutch East India Company on the Malabar Coast. The cemetery was founded in 1724. It served as the main burial ground for Dutch colonial officials, army officers, merchant communities living in Kochi. It is the oldest Dutch Cemetery in India and protected by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). There are 104 epitaphs and tombs, most of them built in the Dutch architectural style.

See also

References

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