SOUTH INDIA BY CAR AND DRIVER
ST. FRANCIS CHURCH & VASO DA GAMA BURIED.
St. Francis CSI Church, in Fort Kochi, originally built in 1503, which is the oldest European church in India and has a great historical significance as a mute witness to the European colonial struggle in the sub-continent. And where Vasco da Gama was buried in this Church and after The Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama died in Kochi in 1524 when he was on his third visit to India. His body was originally buried in this church, but after fourteen years his remains were removed to Lisbon- Portugal.
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