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Parade Ground

VOC Gate Fort Kochi (Cochin)

Parade Ground & VOC Gate

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Adjacent to the St Francis Church is an open ground covering an area of about four acres. This is the Parade Ground where the Portuguese, the Dutch and the British colonists used to conduct their military parades and drills. The buildings around the Parade Ground served as their defence establishments. This continued until the tricolor was hoisted at the Ground in 1947. 

After Independence, Parade Ground, earlier Barraca Maidan or the barracks ground, became a sporting arena and regularly hosted cricket and football matches. Many decades back, it had been selected as the venue for the prestigious Ranji Trophy and the All India Rugby Football Tournament. 

The Ground, once green and well maintained, has very little or nothing of its past glory. However, with the St Francis Church on one side and the VOC Gate and Cochin Club on the other, this historical landmark is still a picturesque sight.  

VOC Gate
The VOC Gate, facing the Parade Ground, is another landmark of Fort Kochi. Built in 1749 by the Dutch East India Company, the gate carries a monogram VOC; hence the name.


Information Courtesy : Google/Wikipedia/Keralatourism.org

Cochin Day Tours

1.Glimpse of Fort Cochin
2.Cochin Harbor Cruise  +  Glimpse of Fort Cochin

3.Heritage & Backwaters in 01 Day Combo
4.Ayurveda Massage  +  Glimpse of Fort Cochin

Backwater Day Tours

Port of Cochin Group Tour

1.Tranquil Backwaters by Houseboat 
2.Tranquil Backwaters by Shikara canoe
3.Heritage & Backwaters in 01 Day Combo

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4. Mein Schiff Cochin Group Tour 
5. Azamara Cochin Group Tour 
6. Nautica Cochin Group Tour 
7. Insignia Cochin Group Tour 
8.Aurora Cochin Group Tour 
9.Pacific Princess Cochin Group Tour 
10.Celebrity Constellation Cochin Group Tour 
11.Legend of the Seas Cochin Group Tour ​

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