The Mattanchery palace was built by the Portuguese emperor in 1557 and is presented to Raja Veera Kerala Varma of Kochi. The palace was later renovated in the year 1663 by the Dutch. Palace displays beautiful murals showing scenes from the epics, Mahabharata and Ramayana, and from some of the Puranic Hindu legends. This palace also resides the coronation robes of former maharajas of Kochi as well as period furnitures and Dutch maps of old Kochi.
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