MATTANCHERRY MURALS AND THEIR FEATURES
The importance of the palace lies in its mural paintings which belong to an exclusive school of artists,whose technique and workmanship is considerably different from the other schools of Indian art. These murals are in the best tradition of the Hindu art, religious, decorative and stylized. They are painted in rich, warm […]
HISTORY OF MATTANCHERY PALACE
The Palace was built and gifted by the Portuguese as a present to the Raja of Cochin around 1555. The Dutch carried out some extensions and renovations in the palace in 1663, and thereafter it was popularly called Dutch Palace. The rajas also made more improvements to it. Today, it is a portrait gallery of the […]
MATTANCHERRY DUTCH PALACE AND THE MURALS
The museum is housed in a palace which is on of the oldest buildings of the Portuguese in the oriental style. Unique form the historical and architectural point of view. This was build around 1555 A.D. by the Portuguese and presented to vira kerala varma in order to pacify him and to compensate having blunder […]