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Cape Dutch architecture is an architectural style found mostly in the Western Cape of South Africa, but modern examples of the style have also been exported as far afield as Western Australia and New Zealand, typically on wine estates.
Tokai Road runs in a direct line from the main road to this stately old farm. The Manor House was built shortly after 1792 by Jan Andreas Rauch and is one of the most famous examples of Cape Dutch architecture. Type of site: Farmstead. Cape Town, Tokai: Wynberg Provincial Heritage Site
The Koornhoop dovecot stands as a rare example of Cape Dutch architecture, characterized by its thatched roof and rounded walls punctuated with small pigeonholes. Cape Town Dating back to the 18th century, the dovecot served as a crucial structure for housing pigeons, which provided a reliable source of meat and fertilizer for the early settlers.
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.
This is a list of the heritage sites in the Western Cape Province, South Africa, as recognized by the South African Heritage Resource Agency. [1]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.
The Groote Kerk (Afrikaans and Dutch for "Great Church") is a Dutch Reformed church in Cape Town, South Africa. The church is South Africa's oldest place of Christian worship. The first church on this land was built in 1678. Willem Adriaan van der Stel laid the cornerstone for the church. It was replaced by the present building in 1841 built by ...
In the year 1925 the manor house completely burnt down. Funds were raised to reconstruct it to its original Cape Dutch splendour. [4] In 1969 the manor house became part of the South African Cultural History Museum, and in 1993 the estate passed into the ownership of the Groot Constantia Trust.
The Dutch Cape Colony (Dutch: Kaapkolonie) was a Dutch United East India Company (VOC) colony in Southern Africa, centered on the Cape of Good Hope, from where it derived its name. The original colony and the successive states that the colony was incorporated into occupied much of modern South Africa.