Fortress
Fort Geldria
🇮🇳 India · 17th century
Fort Geldria or Fort Geldaria, located in Pulicat, Tamil Nadu, was the seat of the Dutch Republic's first settlement in India, and the capital of Dutch Coromandel. It was built by the Dutch East India Company in 1613 and became the local governmental centre in 1616. It was named for Geldria, the native province of Wemmer van Berchem, the General Director of the company. Regularly protected by a garrison of 80 to 90 men, Fort Geldria was the only fortification in the Indian empire; all other positions of the Dutch Company were trading posts.
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Fort Geldria ranks #3,357 of 5,479 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #126 of the 156 mapped in India. Founded 1613, it is older than 34% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 350 atlas entries founded in the 17th century. See how India compares in the castle statistics.
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