Mambazhamമാമ്പഴം

Religious Site · Ernakulam

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St. Francis Church

One of India’s oldest European-built church sites, where Vasco da Gama was first buried before his remains were returned to Portugal.

Official source reviewedChecked 30 Aug 2026

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Understand St. Francis Church before planning it.

Mambazham treats St. Francis Church as a place with connected language and regional context, not as a list of attractions. This first profile stays deliberately focused on reviewed orientation.

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District
Ernakulam
Place type
Religious Site
Known for
Religious Site · Church
Knowledge state
Published · v1

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