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Hill Palace

India · 19th century

Founded
1865
Location
Kerala
Elevation
53 m
Coordinates
9.9528°, 76.3639°
Links
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Hill Palace in India
Photo: Captain · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

Hill Palace is an archaeological museum and palace located in the Tripunithura neighbourhood of Kochi, Kerala. It is the largest archeological museum in the state and was the royal administrative office and official residence of the Cochin Maharaja. Built in 1865, the palace complex consists of 49 buildings spreading across 54 acres (220,000 m2) and built in the traditional architectural style. The complex has an archaeological museum, a heritage museum, a deer park, a pre-historic park and a children's park.

The campus section of the museum is home to several rare species of medicinal plants. Presently, the palace has been converted into a museum by The Kerala State Archaeology Department and is open to the public. The palace is about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from the city centre and is reachable by road and by rail.

The Centre for Heritage Studies (CHS), an autonomous research and training institute set up by the Department of Cultural Affairs, of the Government of Kerala also functions at the site. The CHS is designated as the 'Manuscript Conservation Centre' (MCC) and 'Manuscript Resource Centre' (MRC) by the National Mission for Manuscripts.

Text adapted from “Hill Palace, Kochi” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Hill Palace ranks #2,544 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #98 of the 238 mapped in India. Founded 1865, it is older than 6% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 782 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 2,885 times in the last 60 days, more than 80% of the atlas. 2 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how India compares in the castle statistics.

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