A
leisurely walk through the city is the best way to discover historic
Fort Kochi. An obscure fishing village that became the first European
township in India, Kochi has an eventful and colourful history. Its
reputation as a seafaring commercial town was such that Nicolas Conti,
an Italian traveller of the Middle Ages remarked: If China is where
you make your money, then Kochi surely is the place to spend it. The
town was shaped by the Portuguese, the Dutch and later the British. The
result of these cultural influences are seen in the many examples of
Indo European architecture that still exist here.
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