Saturday, 1 June 2019

India - Kochi 2019

Kochi (also known as Cochin) is a city in southwest India's coastal Kerala state. It has been a port since 1341, when a flood carved out its harbor and opened it to Arab, Chinese and European merchants. Sites reflecting those influences include Fort Kochi, a settlement with tiled colonial bungalows and diverse houses of worship. Cantilevered Chinese fishing nets, typical of Kochi, have been in use for centuries.

They said fishing nets was brought by Yuan dynasty Kublai Khan. Ming dynasty admiral Zheng He had been Kochi on his first journey. Christian is more visible because many churches. 


































































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