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Fort Cochin | jew Street | Kerala | India
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The best way to discover Fort Cochin is to walk through its streets and 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 Portuguese, British and Dutch traders.
Fort Cochin, Kerala, India 2013
©Ingetje Tadros
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 Portuguese, British and Dutch traders.
Fort Cochin, Kerala, India 2013
©Ingetje Tadros
