St. Francis Church, Kochi

E295659

church historical monument tourist attraction

St. Francis Church, Kochi is one of the oldest European-built churches in India, renowned as the original burial site of Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama and a prominent colonial-era landmark in Fort Kochi.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
St. Francis Church, Kochi canonical	3
St. Francis Church, Fort Kochi	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	church ⓘ historical monument ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Portuguese colonial architecture ⓘ
associatedWith	British colonial period in Kochi ⓘ Dutch colonial period in Kochi ⓘ Portuguese colonial history in India ⓘ Vasco da Gama ⓘ
builtBy	Portuguese ⓘ
builtOn	land granted by the Raja of Cochin ⓘ
constructionStarted	1503 ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
denomination	Church of South India ⓘ
formerDenomination	Anglican Communion ⓘ surface form: Anglican Church Dutch Reformed Church ⓘ
governingBody	Church of South India ⓘ surface form: Church of South India, Diocese of North Kerala
hasFeature	bell turret ⓘ gabled tiled roof ⓘ grave slabs on the floor ⓘ simple whitewashed façade ⓘ wooden pulpit ⓘ
hasMemorial	tombstone of Vasco da Gama ⓘ
heritageStatus	protected monument ⓘ
knownFor	being one of the oldest European-built churches in India ⓘ colonial-era architecture ⓘ historical Christian presence in Kerala ⓘ original burial site of Vasco da Gama ⓘ
languageOfServices	English ⓘ Malayalam ⓘ
locatedIn	Fort Kochi ⓘ India ⓘ Kerala ⓘ Kochi ⓘ
locatedOn	Church Road, Fort Kochi ⓘ
near	Fort Kochi Beach ⓘ Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica, Kochi ⓘ
originalBurialPlaceOf	Vasco da Gama ⓘ
originalDenomination	Catholic Church worldwide ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
originallyBuiltAs	Roman Catholic church ⓘ
region	Malabar Coast ⓘ
remainsMovedTo	Jerónimos Monastery ⓘ surface form: Jerónimos Monastery, Lisbon
roofMaterial	timber ⓘ
tombRemains	empty cenotaph of Vasco da Gama ⓘ
tourismCategory	heritage tourism site ⓘ
usedFor	Christian worship ⓘ heritage and historical education ⓘ tourist visits ⓘ
yearCompleted	early 16th century ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cochin → hasHistoricalStructure → St. Francis Church, Kochi ⓘ

Kingdom of Cochin → hasHeritageSite → St. Francis Church, Kochi ⓘ

this entity surface form: St. Francis Church, Fort Kochi

Fort Kochi → hasLandmark → St. Francis Church, Kochi ⓘ

Fort Emmanuel → locatedNear → St. Francis Church, Kochi ⓘ