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Johannesburg’s historic old fort stands in Kotzi Street on Hospital Hill, to the north of the city centre. In 1896 the Government of the South African Republic decided to build a fort round the existing prison. The prison was built already in 1892 and enlarged in 1894. The fort was completed in 1899 and handed over to the State Artillery.
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The Old Fort was declared a National Monument in 1964 although it continued as a functioning prison until 1987, after which the buildings and the site as a whole suffered from neglect and vandalism. [3] Constitution Hill opened as a museum in 2004, with tours taking the visitors to three prison museums: Number Four, the Women's Gaol and the Old ...
The fortress is located within the "Historic District of Old Québec", which was designated a World Heritage Site in 1985. [2] This is a list of forts in New France built by the French government or French chartered companies in what later became Canada, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, and the United States.
Fur trading companies that operated trading forts in Canada includes the Hudson's Bay Company, and the North West Company. Many of these were simply stockades, log enclosures for trading posts, although a few were former military installations which was later used by fur trading companies.
The modern Fort Point was completed in the 1850s, but saw little use. In 1937, the Golden Gate Bridge was built directly above the fort, though it is a part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area and not the site itself. [44] Fort Raleigh: North Carolina: 515.73 acres (2.0871 km 2)
French forts in North America (4 C, 11 P) H. Hill forts (16 C, 14 P) N. North West Company forts (2 C, 34 P) P. Portuguese forts (4 C, ... Old Fort of Zanzibar; P ...
Old Fort may refer to in the Bahamas. Old Fort Bay; Old Fort of Nassau; in Canada. Old Fort 217 Indian Reserve, Alberta; Old Fort, Quebec (also known as Old Fort Bay or Vieux-Fort) in India. Old Fort, Delhi; in Mauritania. Old Fort, Nouakchott; in South Africa. Old Fort (Durban), a national heritage site; in Tanzania. Old fort of Zanzibar; in ...