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Old Main Building, University of Stellenbosch, Ryneveld Street, Stellenbosch This building was erected between 1880 and 1886 to provide proper housing for the Stellenbosch College. This so-called Main Building is in the Neo-Classical style, Carl Hager being the architect, and played an important part in the history of the Victoria College and ...
Stellenbosch is a popular tourist destination due to its history as the second oldest town in South Africa (dating back to 1679), [7] its many historic buildings that are typical of Cape Dutch architecture, its location in the centre of many famous wine farms, as well as its variety of cafes, restaurants, boutiques and art galleries.
The village was named after James Rattray (1859–1938), [16] [17] a Stellenbosch businessman who owned a butchery in Dorp Street. [12] He was the grandson of Scottish teacher James Rattray (c. 1795–1864) who immigrated to the Cape Colony in 1822, one of several British people recruited to the colony by Scottish missionary George Thom at the ...
Stellenbosch is the second oldest European settlement in South Africa, after Cape Town. [18] The town became known as the City of Oaks or Eikestad in Dutch and Afrikaans due to the large number of oak trees that were planted by its founder, the Dutch Governor of the Cape Colony Simon van der Stel , to grace its streets and homesteads. [ 19 ]
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Stellenbosch Museum is a cultural history museum in the centre of Stellenbosch, South Africa. It was proclaimed a museum on 23 March 1962 and is a province-aided museum which receives support from the Government of the Western Cape .
Debris on Lone Oak Road near Interstate 35 in Valley View, Texas, on Sunday, May 26, 2024, after severe storms hit Cooke County on Saturday. The Sheriff’s Office said 60 to 80 people took ...
The R304 between the village of Koelenhof and the N1 en-route to Stellenbosch. Its north-western origin is a junction with the R307 (Dassenberg Drive) adjacent to Mamre Nature Garden north of Atlantis (south of Mamre). It heads south-south-east as Charel Uys Drive to enter the centre of Atlantis, where it becomes Reygersdal Avenue towards the ...