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    The Bastion Bungalow is located in Fort Kochi, Kerala. Originally built by the Portuguese in the 16th century as part of a fort, it was destroyed by the Dutch and reconstructed by them in 1667. The building has witnessed over 400 years of trade in Fort Kochi and was used as a residence and office for government officials during British rule. Currently, the Kerala government plans to convert the protected heritage building into a world-class museum to showcase the history and diversity of Fort Kochi.

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    The Bastion Bungalow is located in Fort Kochi, Kerala. Originally built by the Portuguese in the 16th century as part of a fort, it was destroyed by the Dutch and reconstructed by them in 1667. The building has witnessed over 400 years of trade in Fort Kochi and was used as a residence and office for government officials during British rule. Currently, the Kerala government plans to convert the protected heritage building into a world-class museum to showcase the history and diversity of Fort Kochi.

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    The Bastion Bungalow is located in Fort Kochi, Kerala. Originally built by the Portuguese in the 16th century as part of a fort, it was destroyed by the Dutch and reconstructed by them in 1667. The building has witnessed over 400 years of trade in Fort Kochi and was used as a residence and office for government officials during British rule. Currently, the Kerala government plans to convert the protected heritage building into a world-class museum to showcase the history and diversity of Fort Kochi.

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    The History of

    BASTION BUNGALOW Gayathri Panikar


    Melvin Panicker

    Fort Kochi, Kerala Shaziya Mahamood


    Srima Shetty
    Vysakh Jayagopal
    The Bastion Bungalow is located in the heart of Fort
    Kochi, near the seashore and Vasco da Gama Square.

    The building is a protected monument of the


    Archaeology Department. The total area of the
    building is 542 square meters or approximately 5800
    square feet.

    Fort Kochi,
    Ernakulum,
    Kerala, India

    LOCATION
    HISTORY
    • Originally built by the Portuguese as Fort Immanuel in the 16th century ,
    the Dutch invasion in 1663 led to the destruction of the first structure.

    • The sea-facing heritage building was re-constructed by the Dutch in


    1667 as part of the Stromberg Bastion of the Dutch fort.

    • The Portuguese had built Fort Emmanuel with seven bastions the 16th
    century,

    • After the fort was destroyed by the Dutch, the Dutch built a smaller fort
    around the bastions, of which the present Bastion Bungalow is a part.

    • This building has been witness to the vibrant trade that dominated Fort
    Kochi for more than 400 years.

    • What remained was the Stormberg Bastion, one third in size, and it
    would be remodelled into the mighty Bastion Bungalow that we see
    today.

    • Built in the Indo-European style of architecture, it was named Bastion


    Bungalow by the British and served as a residence-cum-office for
    government officials.
    SIDE ELEVATION SECTION

    FRONT ELEVATION
    MATERIALS USED
    The long, open verandas and its tiled roof in geometric patterns
    attracting tourists from all over the world.

    Made entirely of brick, laterite and wood, it is said that beneath its
    ground floor lies a secret network of tunnels, adding to the mystique
    of the entire place

    The structure is spherical in nature , the first floor has a unique view
    with wooden portion in the front.
    • Built in the Indo-European style of architecture, it was named Bastion
    Bungalow by the British and served as a residence-cum-office for
    government officials.

    • The northern and western outer portion of the Bastian Bungalow


    looks exactly like a Bastion. The Bungalow on top of the Bastion is built
    in European style with large rooms and high roof ceiling.

    • Sculptures made by 10 artists from Kerala are on display on the


    grounds of the bungalow.

    • The bungalow also has a tunnel in its basement which is closed to the
    public as the destination of the tunnel remains unexplored and
    unclear.

    • Two canons from the colonial period are preserved on the balcony of
    the Bastion Bungalow.

    Architectural features
    INTERIORS
    • Currently the sub collectors residence,
    the bungalow was once used as a
    residence cum office for government
    officials during the British reign
    • Part of it is also used as an art gallery
    and museum
    PRESENT SITUATION
    The building survived unscathed through the British period in Kochi, and
    was in good enough condition that after India gained Independence, it
    served as the official residence of Sub-Collector of Fort Kochi for a
    while.

    The Kerala government is planning to give the centuries old Bastion


    Bungalow in Fort Kochi a makeover and convert it into a world-class
    heritage museum announced in February 2016.The state department of
    archaeology in Kerala has declared the bungalow a protected
    monument.

    Minister for Ports, Museums, Archaeology and Archives Kadannappally


    Ramachandran said that Fort Kochi and nearby Mattancherry are
    historically significant as they were occupied by the Portuguese, Dutch
    and British and were active commercial centres in the past. The
    renovated museum will reflect these diversities

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