With more people wanting to see the âfortâ on the Fort Kochi beachfront that saw the footfall of three colonial powers â the Portuguese, the Dutch and the English â history buffs are seeking steps to conserve the laterite-brick remnants of Fort Emmanuel that was built along the beachfront by the Portuguese in 1503.The fort, which was a bastion of the Portuguese, is said to have begun from Bastion Bungalow, which is now a heritage museum, up to the southern end of the beach from where INS Dronacharya, Indian Navyâs gunnery school, begins. It is estimated that there were many bastions on the fort. - The Hindu | Zootzle
