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Jul 14, 2011

Rust en Vreugd, Buitenkant Street, Cape Town

The original date of construction of the dwelling has not been definitely established but it is assumed that it was buil...

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Jul 14, 2011

Bertram House, Hiddingh Hall Campus, Orange Street, Cape Town

It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 21 September 1962. A part of the Cape Town Campus of...

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Jul 14, 2011

St Stephen’s Church, Dutch Reformed Church, Riebeeck Square, Cape Town

In 1799, during the first British occupation of the Cape, the Governor, Sir George Yonge, appropriated a portion of Rieb...

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Jul 14, 2011

Grand Parade, Cape Town

The Parade is inseparably associated with the Castle and was used by its garrison as a training ground. Despite this, ho...

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Jul 14, 2011

Riebeeck Square, Cape Town.

Riebeeck Square developed during the 18th century, when the town began to expand laterally into the Table Valley, and ma...

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Jul 14, 2011

Inn on the Square, Greenmarket Square, Cape Town

Inn On The Square is located on Greenmarket Square which was a meeting place of Caledonians and distant travellers centu...

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Jul 14, 2011

Old Town House, Greenmarket Square, Cape Town.

As the town of Cape Town grew in size and sophistication, so then its management committee began to require a meeting pl...

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Jul 14, 2011

Greenmarket Square, Cape Town.

Strand Street, or Sea Street as it was previously known, was a fashionable road that initially ran alongside Cape Town's...

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Jul 14, 2011

Koopmans de Wet House, 35 Strand Street, Cape Town

The land was granted at the turn of the 18th century by Governor Willem Adriaan van de Stel to a rich merchant, Reynier ...

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Jul 14, 2011

Lutheran Church, Martin Melck House and Sexton House, Strand Street, Cape Town.

This unique group of 18th century buildings stands in Strand Street, across the road from the Koopmans De Wet House, and...

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Jul 14, 2011

Van Riebeeck’s Hedge, Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Cape Town.

These trees are a remnant of the hedge planted in 1660 by Jan van Riebeeck as a Boundary to the newly established Settle...

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Jul 14, 2011

King’s Blockhouse, Devil’s Peak, Cape Town.

Following the first British occupation of the Cape in 1795, the existing Dutch line of defence, known as the French line...

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Jul 14, 2011

Eastern Fort/Battery and Blockhouse, Chapman’s Peak, overlooking Hout Bay, Cape Town

Early Dutch Settlers soon realised that Hout Bay could serve as an alternative anchorage when prevailing winds made Tabl...

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Jul 14, 2011

Groote Kerk, Adderley Street, Cape Town.

There is probably no building in South Africa that is better known than the Groote Kerk. Jan van Riebeeck brought the Re...

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Jul 14, 2011

Church Square,Spin Street- Cape Town

Church Square is one of the three early areas of land about which the early town developed and its boundaries probably b...

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