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Jul 14, 2011

Staats Model School, Van der Walt Street, Pretoria

it was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 8 April 1960. Sytze Wierda was born in the Netherlands,...

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Jul 14, 2011

Schanskop Fort, Pretoria

It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 29 June 1938. After the Jameson Raid in 1896, Presiden...

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Klapperkop Fort, Pretoria

Klapperkop offers visitors panoramic views of Pretoria in all directions. Not only is it fast becoming a popular jogging...

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Paul Kruger’s House, 60 Church Street West, Pretoria

The dwelling is a low single-storey structure with few architectural features of note. However it was spacious and well ...

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Transvaal Museum, now known as the National Museum of Natural History

The City's natural history museum, founded in 1892, serves as the home of "Mrs Ples" and includes fossils, amphibians, f...

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Pretoria Correctional Service Museum

The first prison building in Tshwane, built by Alexander Anderson at the corner of Pretorius and Paul Kruger streets, ha...

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Pioneer Museum, Silverton Pretoria

The Pioneer open air Museum in Silverton, is set in a graciously restored Victorian settler Farmstead complete with hors...

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Jul 14, 2011

Air Force Museum, Port Elizabeth

This museum depicts the history of the South African Air Force and houses a collection of old aircraft, missiles, unifor...

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Fort Klapperkop

This was the third fort erected by the German firm Krupp and designed by von Dewitz and Werner. The German forts were of...

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Fort Daspoortraand

This fort was built by the firm Schneider & Co, which was connected to the French firm, Le Creusot. Military enginee...

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Fort Schanskop

After the Jameson Raid in 1896, Pres Paul Kruger of the “Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek” decided to protect Pretoria by con...

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Forts around Pretoria

As a direct result of the abortive Jameson Raid of 1896, the Volksraad of the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek realised that ...

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Jul 14, 2011

Diamond Hill Battle, Garden of Remembrance

The site of the Battle of Diamond Hill, which took place on the 11th and 12th June 1900, in which 14000 British soldiers...

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Wonderboom Nature Reserve, Pretoria

The Wonderboom Nature Reserve and is Home to a 1000 Year Old Fig Tree, or Ficus Salicifolia, known as the 'Wonderboom' [...

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Pretoria National Zoological Gardens.

Situated at 323 Boom Street, the zoo is the largest in South Africa and rated as one of the top zoos in the world and is...

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