Cranganore Fort

The Fortaleza da São Tomé, also known as Cranganore Fort or Kottapuram Fort, is situated in Kodungallur of Thrissur District in Kerala, India. It was of 18 feet in thickness and was made of laterite. The stone fort was built by the Portuguese in 1523 and was named after Thomas the Apostle. The fort was enlarged in 1565 and passed into the hands of the Dutch in 1663, who destroyed the fort.

Kottapuram Fort was an important part of the Nedumkotta fort built by Travancore under the leadership of Eustachius Benedictus de Lenoy to defend against Tipu Sultan.

英語版ウィキペディア「Fortaleza da São Tomé」より引用、CC BY-SA 4.0。

Cranganore Fortは、アトラスの城の知名度ランキングで世界2,945位（全5,479件中）、インドの156件では120位にランクされています。1523年に創建され、アトラスの年代判明済みの城の47%より古い城です（16世紀に創建されたアトラス収録の437件のひとつ）。インドが他とどう比べられるかは、城の統計をご覧ください。

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