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Clarens is a small town situated in the foothills of the Maluti Mountains in the Free State province of South Africa and nicknamed the "Jewel of the Eastern Free State". It was established in 1912 and named after the town of Clarens in Switzerland where exiled Paul Kruger spent his last days.
The Clarens Formation is a geological formation found in several localities in Lesotho and in the Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, and Eastern Cape provinces in South Africa.It is the uppermost of the three formations found in the Stormberg Group of the greater Karoo Supergroup rocks and represents the final phase of preserved sedimentation of the Karoo Basin.
The monument was initially unveiled in front of a large crowd on 16 December 1895, revealing the names of the five burghers. Later the monument was moved to present-day Clarens, concurring with the silver jubilee in 1962, where the first State President of the Republic of South Africa Charles Robberts Swart unveiled it again. [1]
The Free State Division of the High Court of South Africa also sits in Bleomfontein. Like South Africa's other provinces, the Free State has a parliamentary system of government, with the provincial premier elected by the Free State Provincial Legislature. The premier then selects the members of the provincial Executive Council (cabinet).
Castle of Good Hope, the first permanent building in South Africa.. This is a list of former and current castles and fortifications in South Africa and contains historical fortifications, military instillations, mock castles and Manor Houses, that may be referred to as "castles".
Clarens is the name of several places: Clarens, Free State, a town in Free State Province, South Africa; Clarens, Hautes-Pyrénées, a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department of southwestern France; Clarens, Switzerland, a small village in the canton of Vaud; Clarens (Alexandria, Virginia), U.S., a historic mansion
Fouriesburg is about half an hour's drive from Clarens, a popular tourist destination, and a 45-minute drive from Golden Gate Highlands National Park. It is about fifty kilometres south-east of Bethlehem, and some fifty-three from Ficksburg. Fouriesburg ranked first during South Africa's 2013 Kwela Town of the Year competition.
The Stormberg Group is composed of three main geological formations that are found in numerous localities across Lesotho and in the Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, and Eastern Cape provinces in South Africa. These formations are listed below (from oldest to youngest): Molteno Formation; Elliot Formation; Clarens Formation