There's more to Kollam than what meets your eye. Kollam was one of the earliest ports famous for cashew imports. Maritime traders from Portugal and Holland (Dutch) used Kollam as a base for trading.
Thangasseri one of the seaside town near Kollam has an old lighthouse. You can see the remnants of Dutch in the old ruins near Thangasseri beach. First Dutch came, then later English settlers stamped their mark in this town. Thangasseri is also famous for old 18the century churches.
About Thangassery Fort
Thangassery Old Fort is just 5 km from Kollam, Thangassery or Dutch Quilon as it was called was once a British enclave. Meaning is gold village in local parlance, this was the hub of a flourishing trade that used gold as currency. This seaside village of historic importance shelters the ruins of an old Portuguese fort and churches built during the 18th century.
The famed lighthouse of Thangasseri which is 144 ft high, constructed in 1519 by the British Thangasseri, a silent sentinal warning seamen of the treacherous reefs of the Thangasseri, since 1902.Thangasseri was once a favourite settlement of the Portuguese, the Dutch and the English in succession, as Kollam was one of the oldest and most important port for international cashew trade on the Malabar coast. Today, it showcases a few ruined forts built by the Portuguese, and the Dutch
Location Thangasseri, Kollam, Kerala, India.( Source: http://www.keralaorbit.com)
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