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Mattancherry Palace, Kochi, Kerala, India

The Mattancherry Palace is a palace popularly known as the Dutch Palace, in Mattancherry, Kochi, in the Indian state of Kerala, which features Kerala murals depicting portraits and exhibits of the Rajas of Kochi.

Despite the name Dutch Palace, the palace was built by the Portuguese Empire as a gift to the Kingdom of Cochin.

Entering Mattancherry Palace


Panorama of Mattancherry Palace


Ancient plans of Fort Kochi


The Gold crown of the Kochi kings, with the Dutch East India Company insignia
«From the time of the Rajah Rama Varma (1701-21), in honor of an oath taken by him to conquer back their original place of descent Chitrakoodam, the crown was never again used by the Maharajas of Kochi.»


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