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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.
This is a list of the heritage sites near Cape Town as recognized by the South African Heritage Resources 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.
Leeuwenhof is an estate in the Gardens area of Cape Town, South Africa.It is the official residence of the Premier of the Western Cape. [1] Leeuwenhof was originally a farmhouse dating to the time of the Dutch East India Company's rule of Cape Town.
The first name change in post-1994 South Africa. The town was originally named Lyttelton, but was renamed Verwoerdburg in 1967 in honour of Hendrik Verwoerd, the so-called "architect of Apartheid" and was deemed offensive to many people and was changed to the neutral name of Centurion. Midstream Estates → Midstream Estate (2003) [30]
West Battery (West Fort), Hout Bay, Cape Town The Dutch East India Company, and later the British government, were interested in Hout Bay not only because of its forests, but also because it could serve as an alternative anchorage when Table Bay was unsafe, and above all because it offered a possible landing place for hostile forces.
Groote Schuur in 1899. A view of Groote Schuur in 1988. Groote Schuur (pronounced [ˈɣroːtə ˈsxyːr]; Dutch for 'big shed') is an estate in Cape Town, South Africa.In 1657, the estate was owned by the Dutch East India Company which used it partly as a granary.
Steenberg Estate is the site of the oldest farm in Cape Town, located in the suburb of Constantia. Steenberg is translates as “Mountain of Stone” and is named for the nearby mountain range. The manor house and other buildings on the farm have been declared a national monument. [1] The estate has been redeveloped as a hotel, vineyard and ...