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Santa Cruz Basilica

Built on the site of an early-16th-century Portuguese church (demolished during the British Raj), Fort Cochin's imposing neoclassical Catholic basilica dates to 1902. In the striking pastel-coloured interior you’ll find artefacts from the different historical eras in Kochi.

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