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Greenmarket Square is a historical square in the centre of old Cape Town, South Africa.The square was built in 1696, when a burgher watch house was erected. Many historic buildings surround the square, including the Old Town House, which now houses the Michaelis Collection of art.
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.
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as: KML GPX (all coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) This is a list of the heritage sites in the Western Cape Province, South Africa, as recognized by the South African Heritage Resource Agency. For additional provincial heritage sites declared by Heritage Western Cape, the provincial heritage resources ...
Cape Town [a] is the legislative capital of South Africa. It is the country's oldest city and the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. [13] Cape Town is the country's second-largest city, after Johannesburg, and the largest in the Western Cape. [14] The city is part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality.
Koopmans-de Wet House (locally / ˈ k ʊər p m ʌ n z d ə ˈ v ɛ t / KOORP-munz də VET) [1] is a former residence and current museum in Strand Street, Cape Town, South Africa.The house became part of the South African Museum in 1913 and was opened to the public on 10 March 1914.
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]
It is known as the “mother synagogue” of South Africa. [6] The twin-towered 'new' synagogue was built in 1905. Gardens, Vredehoek and Sea Point have traditionally attracted Jewish communities. [12] Cape Town Holocaust Centre, Africa's first Holocaust centre, founded in 1999
The Cecil John Rhodes Statue is a monument erected at Company's Garden in Cape Town.The statue was erected in 1908. [1] It features a full body replica of Cecil Rhodes wearing a three-piece suit, standing with his left hand raised and pointing north.