Santa Cruz Basilica

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Santa Cruz Basilica City: Kochi
State: Kerala
Location: South India
Year of Construction: 1558 AD
Type of Construction: Medieval
Type of Building: Church
Religion: Christianity
Accomodation: Accomodations are easily available in the hotels and lodges in Cochin.
Accesibility: Cochin is very well connected to the major Indian cities by air, rail and road.

The Santa Cruz Basilica is a historic church that was built by the Portuguese. The church was elevated to a cathedral by Pope Paul IV in 1558 AD. In 1795 AD, it fell into the hands of the British when they took over Cochin and was demolished.

About a hundred years later, Bishop Dom Gomez Ferreira commissioned a new building at the same site in 1887 AD. The church was proclaimed a Basilica in 1984 by Pope John Paul II..

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