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Groote Schuur in 1899. A view of Groote Schuur in 1988. Groote Schuur (pronounced [ˈɣroːtə ˈsxyːr]; Dutch for 'big shed') is an estate in Cape Town, South Africa.In 1657, the estate was owned by the Dutch East India Company which used it partly as a granary.
Clifton is an affluent suburb of Cape Town, South Africa.It is an exclusive residential area and is home to the most expensive real estate in South Africa, [2] with dwellings nestled on cliffs that have sweeping views of the Atlantic Ocean.
The following is a list of Government Houses of South Africa. Transvaal, Government House of ... The Tuynhuys (Government House) in Cape Town. Orange Free State ...
Koopmans-de Wet House (locally / ˈ k ʊər p m ʌ n z d ə ˈ v ɛ t / KOORP-munz də VET) [1] is a former residence and current museum in Strand Street, Cape Town, South Africa.The house became part of the South African Museum in 1913 and was opened to the public on 10 March 1914.
The Houses of Parliament is the meeting place of the Parliament of South Africa, the legislative body of the Government of South Africa. The building is located in South Africa's legislative capital, Cape Town. The building consists of three main sections; the original building - completed in 1884 - and additions, constructed in the 1920s and ...
Cape Town [a] is the legislative capital of South Africa. It is the country's oldest city and the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. [13] Cape Town is the country's second-largest city, after Johannesburg, and the largest in the Western Cape. [14] The city is part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality.
Genadendal Residence [χəˈnɑːdəndal] is the official Cape Town residence of the president of South Africa, [2] situated on the Groote Schuur estate in Rondebosch.It has been the official residence since 1994 when Nelson Mandela took up residence here rather than the main Groote Schuur manor house. [3]
This is a list of the heritage sites in Cape Town's CBD, the Waterfront, and the Bo-Kaap as recognized by the South African Heritage Resources Agency. [1] [2]For additional provincial heritage sites declared by Heritage Western Cape, the provincial heritage resources authority of the Western Cape Province of South Africa, please see the entries at the end of the list.