Pallipuram Fort: Difference between revisions

'''Pallippuram Fort (Castelo em Cima)''' is a fort in [[Pallippuram, Ernakulam|Pallippuram]], [[Vyppin]], [[Ernakulam]] district of [[Kerala]], south [[India]]. It was built by the [[Portugal|Portuguese]] on 27th September 1503 using Timber wood, and later renovated in 1505 by replacing timber structure with stone. It is the oldest existing  [[Europe|European]] fort in India. The [[Netherlands|Dutch]] captured the fort in 1663 and sold it to the Kingdom of [[Travancore]] in 1789. The fort is situated in the northern extremity of [[Vypeen island]] and is hexagonal in shape, a form popularly known as ''ayikkotta'' or ''alikotta''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kerala.gov.in/dept_archaeology/monuments.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041222115758/http://www.kerala.gov.in/dept_archaeology/monuments.htm|archive-date=2004-12-22|access-date=2014-02-24|publisher=[[Government of Kerala]]|title=Monuments at a Glance}}</ref>