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Groote Schuur in 1899. Groote Schuur ( [ɣroːtə sxyːr], 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. Later, the farm and farmhouse was sold into private hands. Groote Schuur was later acquired by William De Smidt, and remained ...
The Company's Garden is the oldest garden in South Africa, a park and heritage site located in central Cape Town. [ 1 ] The garden was originally created in the 1650s by the region's first European settlers and provided fertile ground to grow fresh produce to replenish ships rounding the Cape. It is watered from the Molteno Dam, which uses ...
The V&A Waterfront is a mixed-use destination located in the oldest working harbour in the Southern Hemisphere. [1] With Table Mountain as its backdrop, [2] the 123-hectare neighbourhood is located within the Cape Town, South Africa, where millions of people visit each year. [3]
Mahlamba Ndlopfu (formerly known as Libertas) is the chief official residence of the President of the Republic of South Africa. The head of government has made it their official home since 1940 and it is located in the Bryntirion Estate in Pretoria . The building was built in 1940 and was designed by Gerard Moerdijk, a South African architect ...
The wine industry in South Africa was greatly influenced by the Huguenots, [12] many of whose families had owned vineyards in France. [13] Many of the farms in the Western Cape province in South Africa still bear French names, such as Haute Cabrière, La Petite Provence, La Bourgogne, La Motte, La Bri, La Borie, La Chataigne and La Roche.
Koopmans-de Wet House 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. [ 1][ 2] It was declared a National Monument under National Monuments Council legislation on 1 November 1940. [ 3]
The main house of the Groot Constantia vineyard near Cape Town. Cape Dutch architecture is an architectural style found mostly in the Western Cape of South Africa, but modern examples of the style have also been exported as far afield as Western Australia and New Zealand, typically on wine estates. The style was prominent in the early days ...
Tuynhuys. Coordinates: 33°55′39″S 18°25′07″E. Tuynhuys. The Tuynhuys is a South African Heritage Site. Location. Cape Town, South Africa. Built. 1682 (in 1682 the toolshed that was built in 1674 was converted into a guesthouse, enlarged and renovated until 1751) Architect.