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Saint Thomas Fort Tangasseri, Kollam<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0 is also known as\u00a0Tangasseri Fort<\/strong>, is a ruined\u00a0fort\u00a0located in the beach town of\u00a0Tangasseri\u00a0on the shores of the\u00a0Arabian Sea.\u00a0It is located around 5 kilometres (3.1\u00a0mi) from the city centre of\u00a0Kollam<\/a>. It is situated right between the breakwater and Vaadi Fishing Harbour.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tangasseri was associated with the Chinese trade from the first millennium AD and later colonised by the\u00a0Portuguese,\u00a0Dutch\u00a0and the\u00a0British\u00a0to become the “gold village”. According to Historians, Captain Rodriguez came to Quilon and was appointed as the captain of the\u00a0factory\u00a0and trade, with permission from the queen. St.Thomas Fort (once known as Fortaleza da S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9) was built by the Portuguese under\u00a0Afonso de Albuquerque\u00a0for the protection of the newly developed trade. In 1505 the Portuguese established a trading port here, and in 1518 established its sovereignty through the construction of St. Thomas Fort Tangasseri, Kollam<\/a><\/strong> Later in 1661 the town and the fort were handed over to the Dutch who made it the capital of\u00a0Dutch Malabar. The Dutch occupied the fort for several years. In 1795, the\u00a0British East India Company\u00a0took possession of the fort. In 1823 Fort St. Thomas accepted a lease by\u00a0Travancore\u00a0from the British Government for a period of twenty years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThangasseri\u201d literally means \u201cGold village\u201d in Malayalam language. The place was named as Thangasseri because this was the place where trade was done using gold as the currency. Thangasseri Fort was the favorite spot of the Dutch and the Portuguese. The Thangasseri Fort was constructed in the 16th century and right now only the ruins are left behind. The fort was about 20 feet tall. In olden times, Thangasseri was of strategic importance to the colonial powers that were constantly trying to establish their control of trade on the Malabar Coast. As per records, the Portuguese initially approached the Rani of Quilon in 1517 to construct a factory at Thangasseri for trade purposes, which was granted. However, it is believed that the locals subsequently burned down the factory. Although the Portuguese were given permission to rebuild the factory, they decided to build a fort instead. In 1519, the Thangassery Fort was constructed strategically on a promontory overlooking the choppy waters of the Arabian Sea. Thangasseri was sequentially under the Dutch who defeated the Portuguese in 1761 and then passed into British hands with the rout of the Dutch at Kochi in 1795.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Portuguese Cemetery (after the invasion of Dutch, it became Dutch Cemetery) of Tangasseri in Kollam city, India, was constructed around 1519 as part of the Portuguese invasion of the city. Buckingham Canal, a small canal between Tangasseri Lighthouse and the cemetery, is situated very close to the Portuguese Cemetery. A group of pirates known as the Pirates of Tangasseri formerly lived at the Cemetery. The remnants of St. Thomas Fort and Portuguese Cemetery still exist at Tangasseri.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Saint Thomas Fort Tangasseri, Kollam\u00a0 is also known as\u00a0Tangasseri Fort, is a ruined\u00a0fort\u00a0located in the beach town of\u00a0Tangasseri\u00a0on the shores of the\u00a0Arabian Sea.\u00a0It is located around 5 kilometres (3.1\u00a0mi) from the city centre of\u00a0Kollam. 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