Kottappuram, Thrissur
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Kottappuram or Kottapuram is a village in Kodungallur, Thrissur district, Kerala, India. (Malayalam: കോട്ടപ്പുറം) [1] Kottapuram is the southern boundary of Kodungallur. The place is named after a fort built by the Portuguese in 1523[2]
Nearest airport is
History
Kottapuram was a part of Muziris, the ancient port of Kodungallur and hence has a history as old as Muziris. Most of the traders of the ancient times were based on the fort, probably because it was surrounded by rivers on all three sides and had the landscape needed to become an early small port by sea. Rivers that are deep and shallow enough to enter from the sea was close to the lake. It can be seen that the Romans and the Greeks had trade relations even before Christ. They mainly bought pepper from Kerala.[6]
For the first time in India, Jewish immigrants reached Kerala through Kottapuram. Their first habitat was Mala, east of the fort. Muslims also reached Kodungallur through Kottapuram. The first muslim mosque in India was built 3 kilometers north of Kottapuram by
Fortaleza da São Tomé, known locally as Kottappuram Fort/Tipu's Fort, was constructed in Kodungallur by Portuguese in 1523. The fort was enlarged in 1565, and passed into the hands of the Dutch in 1663 who destroyed the fort.[8][9]
Kottapuram Fort was an important part of the Nedumkotta fort built by Travancore under the leadership of Eustachius Benedictus de Lenoy to defend Tipu Sultan.
Etymology
The word Kottapuram means 'the place around a Fort' (Kotta means
Religion
The
Schools
Gallery
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Relics of the cranganore fort - explosive store room -
St. Micheal's cathedral -
Kottapuram river, and bridge amidst some Chinese fishing nets -
Monument erected by government of Travancore -
Kottappuram Market -
Boat Jetty near Kottappuram market -
Church near Kottappuram Market -
Light at Amphitheatre
References
- ^ "Diocese of Kottapuram". ucanews.com. Archived from the original on 20 October 2018.
- ^ "Kottappuram Fort – the ancient Cranganore fort built by Portuguese | Historic sites at Muziris Heritage Area, Ernakulam". www.muzirisheritage.org. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
- ISBN 81-7690-051-6.
- ISBN 81-7638-552-2.
- ISBN 978-81-8494-332-0.
- ^ കിളിമാനൂർ, വിശ്വംഭരൻ (1990). കേരള സംസ്കാര ദർശനം (in Malayalam). കേരള: കാഞ്ചനഗിരി ബുക്സ് കിളിമനൂർ.
- ISBN 81-226-0468-4.
- ^ "Kottappuram fort". muzirisheritage.org. Kerala Tourism Department. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 885.
- ^ "Cranganore Fort |Kodungallur Fort | Kottappuram Fort | Kerala | Kerala". Retrieved 19 October 2019.
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