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.

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Location: 10.197, 76.212, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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  Battle of Cochin ⓘ
  1504 battle

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  Fall of Calicut ⓘ
  1526 siege

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  Travancore–Dutch War ⓘ
  1739–1753 war

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  Fort Emmanuel ⓘ
  Kochi

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  Pallipuram Fort ⓘ
  building in India

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  Cranganore Fort ⓘ
  fort in Kottappuram, Kodungallur, Kerala, India

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1523 Cranganore Fort

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1504 Battle of Cochin

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1526-09-30T00:00:00Z

1526 Fall of Calicut

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1753-08-15T00:00:00Z

1739 — 1753 Travancore–Dutch War

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1503 Pallipuram Fort

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AMH-8021-KB Floor plan of the fort at Cranganor

AMH-2583-NA Maps of the forts at Cananor, Cranganor, Coylan and Calicoilan

AMH-7270-KB Floor plan of the fort at Cranganoor

Vies des gouverneurs généraux avec l'abrégé de l'histoire des établissements hollandois aux Indes orientales... - orné de leurs portraits en vignettes au naturel - par J. P. I. Dubois - btv1b525113184 (250 of 485)

Cranganore

Historic relic kottappuram fort

AMH-2589-NA Ground plan of the fort at Cranganoor

AMH-2588-NA Representation of the castle at Crangenor and the redoubt at Paliporto

Cranganor, Plan de la forteresse de Cranganor. 1709

A plan of Cranganore fort by Bellin

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
area	region	800	Chera		Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1504	Battle of Cochin	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1526	Fall of Calicut	siege	Wikidata
event	war	1739	Travancore–Dutch War	war, Dutch East India Company, Kingdom of Thiruvithamkoor	Wikidata
object	watercraft		INS Chatak	ship	Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Emmanuel	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1503	Pallipuram Fort	fort	Wikidata
site	fort	1523	Cranganore Fort	fort	Wikidata
commons	image		AMH-8021-KB Floor plan of the fort at Cranganor		Commons
commons	image		AMH-2583-NA Maps of the forts at Cananor, Cranganor, Coylan and Calicoilan		Commons
commons	image		AMH-7270-KB Floor plan of the fort at Cranganoor		Commons
commons	image		Vies des gouverneurs généraux avec l'abrégé de l'histoire des établissements hollandois aux Indes orientales... - orné de leurs portraits en vignettes au naturel - par J. P. I. Dubois - btv1b525113184 (250 of 485)		Commons
commons	image		Cranganore		Commons
commons	image		Historic relic kottappuram fort		Commons
commons	image		AMH-2589-NA Ground plan of the fort at Cranganoor		Commons
commons	image		AMH-2588-NA Representation of the castle at Crangenor and the redoubt at Paliporto		Commons
commons	image		Cranganor, Plan de la forteresse de Cranganor. 1709		Commons
commons	image		A plan of Cranganore fort by Bellin		Commons