St. Angelo's Fort was built in 1505 by Dom Francisco de Almeida, the first Portuguese Viceroy of India and is on the Arabian sea about 3 km from Kannur town. The fort changed hands several times. In 1663 the Dutch captured it and sold it to the Arakkal Royal family in 1772. The British conquered it in 1790 and transformed it into one of their major military stations on the Malabar coast. The fort is in Cannanore cantonment area and open from 8 am to 6 pm daily.



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