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The church still holds a Dutch baptism and marriage register running from 1751 to 1804. Dutch visitors come to look up their own ancestors in it.
Church · Fort Kochi
St. FRANCIS CSI CHURCH
Vasco da Gama was buried here for fourteen years; the empty slab remains.
Free · 170 m from Princess Street
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2- Did you knowVasco da Gama was buried in St. Francis Church for 14 years before his bones were shipped home to Lisbon. The empty slab is still in the floor.
- Did you knowWhen the Dutch took Kochi in 1663 they pulled down almost every Catholic church in the area. They spared St. Francis because they wanted it to pray in — and spared Santa Cruz because they wanted somewhere to keep weapons.