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| | #REDIRECT [[Kottappuram]] |
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| [[File:Cranganorefort.jpg|thumb|right| Relics of the Cranganore fort built by the Portuguese on the shores of the Kottapuram River]] | |
| [[File:Fortrelic.jpg|thumb|right| Relics of the cranganore fort - explosive store room]]
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| [[File:St Micheals Cathedral.jpg|thumb|right| St. Micheal's cathedral]]
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| [[File:Kottapuramriver.jpg|thumb|Kottapuram river, and bridge amidst some Chinese fishing nets]]
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| [[File:Historicrelic.jpg|thumb|monument erected by govt. of Travancore]]
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| '''Kottapuram''' is a part of [[Kodungallur]] municipality. The [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Kottapuram]], which is a [[suffragan]] of the [[Archdiocese of Verapoly]], has its see here.
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| It is located close to the town of [[Kodungallur]]. The Kollam-Kottapuram national waterway III ends at Kottapuram. It has been built near to the Kottapuram bridge.
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| ==History==
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| Kottapuram is a common place name in the [[India]]n state of [[Kerala]]. The word Kottapuram means 'the place around a Fort' (Kotta means [[Fort]]). Since there are many fortresses in Kerala, the state has many places with a similar name. This particular place gets its name from a fort constructed by Portuguese in 1523.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kerala.me/destinations/forts/cranganore_fort|title=Cranganore Fort {{!}}Kodungallur Fort {{!}} Kottappuram Fort {{!}} Kerala {{!}} Kerala|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-19}}</ref> Only relics of the fort is seen as it was destroyed by [[Zamorin]] as well as [[Tipu sultan]]. The fort is known as [[Cranganore Fort]]. The fort is almost ruined now.
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| ==Education==
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| 1. There is a primary school called Saint Michael's Lower Primary School.
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| 2. St. Anne's high school, Kottappuram
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| ==Gallery==
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| Wikimedians of Kerala at Kottappuram Market on Wikisangamotsavam 2018 IMG 20190121 092126.jpg|Kottappuram Market
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| Kottappuram Market Amphitheatre DSC 9891 07.jpg|Boat Jetty near Kottappuram market
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| Kottappuram Market Amphitheatre DSC 9891 16.jpg|Church near Kottappuram Market
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| Kottappuram Market Amphitheatre DSC 9891 10.jpg|Light at Amphitheatre
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| </gallery>
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| ==Notes==
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| {{commons category|Kottapuram}}
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| {{coord missing|Kerala}}
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| [[Category:Cities and towns in Thrissur district]]
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