India · 16th century
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. The palace was included in the tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Despite the name Dutch Palace, the palace was built by the Portuguese Empire as a gift to the Kingdom of Cochin.
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Mattancherry Palace ranks #1,576 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #64 of the 224 mapped in India. Founded 1545, it is older than 39% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 891 atlas entries founded in the 16th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 2,789 times in the last 60 days, more than 76% of the atlas. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how India compares in the castle statistics.
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