Pallipuram Fort
The oldest European fort still standing in India, Portuguese, hexagonal, of 1503.
- Where
- Ernakulam, Keralam, India
- Grade
- State heritage
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 3 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 10.1701, 76.1810
Get the Pallipuram Fort stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Pallipuram Fort. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Keralam volume with your photos and a note.
Near Pallipuram Fort
Cherai Beach 3.1 km
Backwater on one side, sea on the other.
Cheraman Juma Masjid 5.3 km
Said to be the oldest mosque in India, founded in the seventh century by a merchant from Arabia.
Kodungallur Bhagavathy Temple 6.6 km
Bhadrakali at Kodungallur, known across Kerala simply as Kodungallur Amma.
Vypin 8.0 km
A barrier island at Kochi with the Arabian Sea on one side and the backwaters on the other.
Koodalmanikyam Temple 20 km
The only temple in India to Bharata, and the one temple in Kerala with no other deity in it.
Aluva Mahadeva Temple 20 km
A Shiva temple on a sandbank in the Periyar, submerged half the year, with a festival when it is not.
Chinese Fishing Nets 23 km
Cantilevered shore nets said to have come with traders from the court of Kublai Khan, still worked by four men each.
Fort Kochi 24 km
Portuguese, Dutch and British in turn, with Chinese fishing nets on the shore that predate all three.
More state heritage sites in Keralam
Questions
Where is Pallipuram Fort?
Pallipuram Fort is in Ernakulam, Keralam. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Cherai Beach (3.1 km), Cheraman Juma Masjid (5.3 km), Kodungallur Bhagavathy Temple (6.6 km).
How do I get the Pallipuram Fort stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Pallipuram Fort and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Keralam volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Pallipuram Fort before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Keralam volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
Collect your first stamp.
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