Village: Ramapuram
Taluk: Meenachil
GPS Coordinates: 9° 48 01.0” N 76° 39’ 47.9” E
Notification Year: 2009
St. May's Church and St. Augustine's Church Ramapuram, popularly known as twin churches, are two of the oldest churches in Kerala. The complex consists of a smaller church dedicated to St. Augustine, which was built in 1450, a larger one dedicated to the Blessed Virgin, built in 1864; and a two-storey building where Paremmakkal Thoma Kathanar resided. Thoma Kathanar, the governor of Kodungallur Diocese, died in 1799 and was buried in front of the main altar of the church. The structure of the churches represents an architectural style from the early colonial period.
