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This list of tallest buildings in Pretoria ranks completed buildings by height in Pretoria, Gauteng, one of the three capital cities of South Africa. [1] Pretoria's tallest building is the South African Reserve Bank Building built in 1988.
The Union Buildings (Afrikaans: Uniegebou) form the official seat of the South African Government and also house the offices of the President of South Africa. The imposing buildings are located in Pretoria, atop Meintjeskop at the northern end of Arcadia, close to historic Church Square. The large gardens of the Buildings are nestled between ...
This school building was erected in 1907 in memory of the inhabitants of the District of Heidelberg, who lost their lives during the Anglo Type of site: School: 9/2/228/0001/032-001 Old Hebrew High School Building, Hillbrow, Johannesburg. Type of site: School. This building was designed by Kallenbach and Kennedy during 1910 for J.H. Isaacs.
Church Square (Afrikaans: Kerkplein), originally Market Square (Dutch: Marktplein), [1] is the square at the historic centre of the city of Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa. The founder of Pretoria, Marthinus Pretorius, determined that the square be used as a market place and church yard. It was subsequently named for the church buildings that ...
Marble Towers was the first building in South Africa to surpass the ancient and early mediaeval height of the Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt (146.6 m (481 ft)). Pearl Dawn: 152 m (499 ft) 31: 2010: Umhlanga [1] Tallest building in Greater Durban: South African Reserve Bank Building: 148 m (486 ft) 38: 1988: Pretoria [2] Tallest building in ...
University of Pretoria buildings (2 C, 3 P) Pages in category "Buildings and structures in Pretoria" The following 38 pages are in this category, out of 38 total.
The building was built in 1940 and was designed by Gerard Moerdijk, a South African architect, to be the official residence in Pretoria of the Prime Minister of the time, General Jan Smuts. Since its creation, Mahlamba Ndlopfu has also hosted official visits from foreign heads of state, such as visits by François Mitterrand , the President of ...
Built in 1886 by the prosperous Pretoria businessman George Jesse Heys, it was named after the famous Melrose Abbey in Scotland. Melrose House gained fame during the Second Boer War (1899–1902) when Lord Roberts requisitioned it as the headquarters for the British forces after Pretoria was invaded in June 1900. For more than 18 months ...