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Highlights
- The Mattancherry Palace, one of the oldest buildings of the Portuguese Period in the oriental style, is located 12 km from Ernakulam. It was built around 1555 CE by the Portuguese and gifted to the Cochin King Vira Kerala Varma.
- The palace was renovated by the Dutch in 1665 CE, earning it the popular name, the Dutch Palace.
- Architecturally, it's a double-storied quadrangular structure built in the form of a Nalukettu (a traditional architectural style of Kerala) with a courtyard in the middle and a Mangalore pattern tiled roof on a traditional wooden roof structure. Its arches and the generous proportions of its chambers represent features of European architecture.
- The palace is renowned for its mural paintings on the bed chambers, depicting several scenes from the Ramayana and Mahabharata, representing the medieval Kerala mural tradition. The royal bed chamber, known as the Ramayana gallery, is particularly notable for its murals.
- Today, the palace functions as an Archaeological Museum under the Archaeological Survey of India, exhibiting antiquities like textiles, canvas paintings, royal portraits, arms and armours, palanquins, coins, and stamps.
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The Mattancherry Palace is located at a distance of 12 km from Ernakulam and is considered as one of the oldest buildings of the Portuguese Period in the oriental style. The Palace was built around 1555 CE by the Portuguese and presented to the Cochin King Vira Kerala Varma. In 1665 CE, the Dutch renovated this palace and hence it is popularly known as Dutch Palace.It is a double storied quadrangular structure constructed in the form of a Nalukettu (traditional architectural style of Kerala) with a courtyard in middle and with Mangalore pattern tiled roof on traditional wooden roof structure. The nature of its arches and the generous proportions of its chambers represent features of European architecture. The major attraction of the palace is the mural paintings on the bed chambers in different periods. Several scenes from Ramayana and Mahabharata were depicted in the mural paintings representing the medieval Kerala mural tradition. The palace functions as an Archaeological Museum under Archaeological Survey of India.The palliyarai or royal bed chamber is known as Ramayana gallery. It has a low ceiling and all the four walls of the chamber are having finest murals depicting Ramayana story. The museum exhibits antiquities like textiles, canvas paintings, royal portraits, arms and armours, palanquins, coins and stamps.
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