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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.
SAHRA identifier Site name Description Town District NHRA status Coordinates Image 9/2/018/0001 Fort Wynyard, Green Point, Cape Town : Fort Wynyard was erected in 1860 near the site where the Dutch East India Company's battery "Kyk in de Pot", which was dismantled between 1825 and 1827, stood.
The V&A Waterfront is a central part of the very beginning of the settlement of the city of Cape Town. [14] In 1654, two years after his arrival in this relatively safe bay at the foot of Table Mountain, Jan van Riebeeck built a small jetty as part of his task to establish a refreshment station at the Cape. [14]
The Japanese government in 1932 erected a granite-like stone lantern which was handed to the government of Cape Town in appreciation of their benevolence towards Japanese immigrants in the 1930s. "According to Crump & van Niekerk (1988) [7] this gift was the first of two gifts from the Government of Japan." The gift symbolises a political co ...
Gilquin Battery (later West Fort) (1781–1827 – Hout Bay; Zoutman Battery (later East Fort) (1781–1827 – Hout Bay; Amsterdam Battery (1787–1900s) – Table Bay (near present V&A Waterfront entrance) Coehoorn Battery (1780s–?) – slopes of Devil's Peak; Rogge Bay Battery (1780s–1827) – present St John's Arcade, Riebeeck Street
Recreation at Bloubergstrand, with Table Mountain in the background. Bloubergstrand / ˌ b l oʊ b ər ɡ ˈ s t r æ n d / is a seaside suburb of the City of Cape Town, South Africa, along the shores of Table Bay, 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) due north of the city centre of Cape Town.
The East Indiamen, off Table Bay, Cape Town, c. 1819 The vagrancy and pass laws of 1809 were repealed in 1829. Thus, the Khoikhoi, in theory, were equal with the Europeans.
Café Caprice is a beach bar and restaurant located on Camps Bay Beach in Camps Bay, Cape Town, South Africa overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. [1] The café is noted for its cocktails [2] [3] and for the celebrities that frequent it. [4] [1] [5] South African rugby player and restaurateur, James Small, was an owner and founder of the club. [6]