Fort Emmanuel

Kerala, India

Fort Emmanuel, also known as Fort Manuel, is a ruined fort located at Fort Kochi Beach in Kochi (Cochin), Kerala, India. It was built by the Portuguese to be a bastion & a symbol of the strategic alliance between the Kingdom of Cochin and the Kingdom of Portugal. Named after Manuel I of Portugal, it was the first European fort built in Asia.

Google Maps ↗ Wikipedia ↗

Fort data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

Other forts in India

Achala Fort Nashik district, India Agnigarh Tezpur, India Agori Fort India Agra Fort Agra, India Ahivant Fort Nashik district, India Ahmednagar Fort Ahilyanagar, India Ajinkyatara Fort Satara district, India Akbar's Fort Ajmer district, India