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The Castle of Good Hope (Dutch: Kasteel de Goede Hoop; Afrikaans: Kasteel die Goeie Hoop) [1] is a 17th century bastion fort in Cape Town, South Africa. Originally located on the coastline of Table Bay , following land reclamation the fort is now located inland.
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Map of the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Agulhas, the southernmost point of Africa. The Cape of Good Hope is at the southern tip of the Cape Peninsula, about 2.3 kilometers (1.4 mi) west and a little south of Cape Point on the south-east corner. Cape Town is about 50 kilometers to the north of the Cape, in Table Bay at the north end of the peninsula.
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".
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English: Entrance of Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town, South Africa. Français : Entrée du Château de Bonne-Espérance, Le Cap, Afrique du Sud. Date: 6 November 2017:
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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.