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Jul 14, 2011

Free State Stadium

The Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein was originally built for the Rugby World Cup of 1995. Then, it was revamped to ho...

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Jul 14, 2011

The Free State National Botanical Gardens, Bloemfontein

The Free State National Botanical Garden dates back to 1965. During the 1963 Kirstenbosch Jubilee Year Tour it was decid...

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Jul 14, 2011

The Fountain and Garden of Remembrance, Chatswood-Sydney. Willoughby Park Centre

The Willoughby Memorial Fountain...was, on March 10th, 1901, unveiled by the Hon. John See, M.L.A., State Minister for D...

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Jul 14, 2011

Bloemfontein Zoo

Established in 1920, the Bloemfontein Zoo is well known for its collection of primates and is the home of the 'Big Five....

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Jul 14, 2011

World War Cenotaph

The Cenotaph on Du Toitspan Road, is a Memorial to 400 of Kimberley’s Men who died in the Great War (World War I) betwee...

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Jul 14, 2011

Waverly Road Memorial, Durban South

This memorial is dedicated to British soldiers who died during the Wars and is made up of large panels providing room fo...

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Jul 14, 2011

Warden, Thabo Mofutsanyana Municipality

The N3 passes right through Warden on the route between Johannesburg and Durban, just north of Harrismith. It is thus mo...

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Jul 14, 2011

Voortrekker Girl

This charming figure which stands in front of the Oranje Girls High School was sculpted by Laurika Postma. The positive...

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Jul 14, 2011

Old Presidency

This building served as the official residence of the presidents of the former Republic of the Orange Free State, it was...

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Jul 14, 2011

Stasiegebou, Sannaspos

This Railway Station Building of sandstone was completed shortly before the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902). It is one, of on...

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Jul 14, 2011

Scottish War Memorial, Johannesburg

The Sculpture shows a soldier in kilt and Scottish regalia. It fits in most dramatically with its position on a rising s...

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Jul 14, 2011

National Women’s Monument

The monument created by Anton van Wouw, was put up in 1913 in remembrance of the 26 370 Boer women and children who...

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Jul 14, 2011

Maphikela House

  In 1912, prominent black leaders gathered here and forged the foundations of what would eventually become the ru...

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Jul 14, 2011

Jubileum Building

On President Brand Street Bloemfontein, is the Jubileum building. It was built in the late 1920s by boys from a local or...

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Jul 14, 2011

First Raadsaal

Click on image to enlarge The oldest remaining building in Bloemfontein, the First Raadsaal is part of the National Mus...

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