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The best way to discover is to walk through Jew Street and it's narrow lanes, where you will find buildings over a 100 yrs old which are still being used as Spice Warehouses and where people work in dark buildings selecting and sorting out all sort of spices and where owners are sitting behind scales surrounded by sacks of spices.
Jew Street is one of the most famous streets in Fort Cochin and there was a time when practically every house in this street was owned by Jews.
The architecture of the quiet streets is very European, with fine houses built by wealthy British and Dutch traders.
Fort Cochin, Kerala, India 2013
©Ingetje Tadros
The best way to discover is to walk through Jew Street and it's narrow lanes, where you will find buildings over a 100 yrs old which are still being used as Spice Warehouses and where people work in dark buildings selecting and sorting out all sort of spices and where owners are sitting behind scales surrounded by sacks of spices.
Jew Street is one of the most famous streets in Fort Cochin and there was a time when practically every house in this street was owned by Jews.
The architecture of the quiet streets is very European, with fine houses built by wealthy British and Dutch traders.
Fort Cochin, Kerala, India 2013
©Ingetje Tadros