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Groote Schuur Hospital is a large government-funded teaching hospital situated on the slopes of Devil's Peak in the city of Cape Town, South Africa.It was founded in 1938 and is famous for being the institution where the first human-to-human heart transplant took place, conducted by University of Cape Town-educated surgeon Christiaan Barnard on the patient Louis Washkansky.
The suburb of Oranjezicht on the slopes of Table Mountain, in Cape Town; De Waal park in the centre.. In 1708, Nicolaus Laubscher (1651–1721), who had immigrated in the 1670s from the Swiss canton of Fribourg, bought a property on the slopes of Table Mountain that he called "Oranjezicht" because of the good view from there of the Oranje (Orange) bastion of the Castle. [2]
The Heart of Cape Town Museum is a museum complex in the Observatory suburb of Cape Town, South Africa.It is in the Groote Schuur Hospital on Main Road. The hospital was founded in 1938 and is famous for being the institution where the first human heart transplant took place, conducted by University of Cape Town-educated surgeon Christiaan Barnard on the patient Louis Washkansky.
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.
Hospital Bend is a major freeway junction, located to the east of the central business district of Cape Town, South Africa.It is the junction between the N2 national route and the M3 metropolitan expressway.
Albert Road, Malta Road, Liesbeeck Parkway, Palmyra Road M58: North–south: R304 (Cape Farms) – M48 - R302 (Durbanville Central) Durbanville Central, Skilpadvlei, Nerina, Durbanvale: Adderley Road, Koeberg Road M59: North–south: R102 (Foreshore) – M4 – M3 (Gardens) Foreshore, District Six, Gardens: Buitenkant Street M60: North–south
Tamboerskloof is a neighbourhood and suburb of Cape Town, South Africa. [3] It lies on the slopes of Lion's Head and Signal Hill , adjacent to the neighbourhoods of Gardens and Bo-Kaap . Tamboerskloof is one of the contiguous group of neighbourhoods referred to as the City Bowl .
The bandstand was built in 1904/5 for the Cape Town Exhibition which was held in Green Point and moved to the park after the exhibition was over. It was used for public performances for some years. The Victorian fountain in De Waal Park is a natural artesian well and feeds the Lower Reservoir No. 2 in Oranjezicht.