MANDELA CAPTURE SITE
Monument in honor of Nelson Mandela created by Marco Cianfanelli and Jeremy ...Read more
CASTLE OF GOOD HOPE
Pentagonal mini-castle housing the army headquarters in Cape Town, ...Read more
MOSES MABHIDA STADIUM
Stadium at the heart of the Kings Park sports complex, where you can ...Read more
UNION BUILDINGS
Union Buildings is the continent's largest and most impressive seat of ...Read more
HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT
A majestic building built in 1885 by Henry Greaves, with a remarkable ...Read more
SLAVE LODGE
Read moreThe Slave Lodge is one of the oldest buildings in the city. Built in 1679, it housed over 9,000 slaves brought by the Dutch East India Company to serve as labour for the colony. From 1810 onwards, the building was converted to serve as a government office and later as the Supreme Court. It was first restored in 1960 to become the Museum of Cultural History and renamed Slave Lodge in 1998. Today, the collective memory attempts to highlight the heritage of slaves in Cape Town, a heritage that has long been obscured in the country's history. The focus is on the roots and ancestry of the Cape's mixed-race people. The route of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) slaves from Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka, Madagascar and Mozambique is compared to the transatlantic route to the plantations in America. In an alcove, on an interactive light column, inside rotating rings, are inscribed names given to the slaves by their owners: Welcome, Fortune, September, Titus, Cupid, Solomon or Moses... For generations, these slaves, once they arrived at the Slave Lodge, were sold like ordinary goods under a fig tree located at the back of the building, now on Spin Street. Finally, a multimedia room immerses the visitor in this dark and oppressive world. To better understand their daily life, go to Groot Constantia, an agricultural estate where they were largely exploited. The temporary exhibitions are interesting.
MANDELA HOUSE MUSEUM
A house where we discover the small details of the daily life of the man ...Read more
VOORTREKKER MONUMENT HERITAGE SITE
The Voortrekker Monument is a place of pilgrimage for purist Afrikaners.Read more
VICTORIA STREET MARKET
A place where every stall offers great heaps of colorful scents and nuts of ...Read more
HUGUENOT MONUMENT
Read moreIn the town of Franschoek, a monument in memory of the Huguenots, Protestants of French origin who immigrated to South Africa in the 17th century, was inaugurated in 1948. The work of sculptor Coert Steynberg depicts a female figure, carrying the Bible in her right hand and a broken chain in her left hand, which then represents freedom. A boat sails towards the tip of Africa and we see, gathered around the Book, the wheel of industry, the lyre of the arts, the grain and grapes of agriculture. As for the three arches, they symbolize the Trinity.
TAALMONUMENT
Read moreThe sculptor Jan van Wijk would have liked to represent here the contribution of Europeans, Africans and Malays to the development of the Afrikaans language, which Afrikaners have long "brandished like a club against their enemies", in the words of the writer Coetzee. You should know that the highest column is supposed to represent Afrikaans, then next to it, the Republic, the terrace being Africa and the column on the left, the West. Come and get an idea on the spot, in front of this monument which seems to be a curious political vestige. But the view is superb..
STATUE OF STEVE BIKO
Statue by Noami Jacobson representing Stephen Bantu Biko, an anti-apartheid ...Read more
THE OLIVE SCHREINER HOUSE
Small museum presenting the work and life of writer Olive Schreiner.Read more
REITVALLEI BOCHIMAN ENGRAVINGS
A must-see for rock painting enthusiasts for a fabulous experience.Read more
FIRST RAADSAAL MUSEUM
A small museum in Bloemfontein offering quality exhibitions focusing on ...Read more
OLD PRESIDENCY
Official residence housing a gallery, a theater and a museum retracing the ...Read more
CAPE COLOMBINA LIGHTHOUSE
A lighthouse classified as a nature reserve, offering a prodigious view of ...Read more
CANNON KOPJE
Cannon Kopfe is an observation point in the Molopo valley.Read more
TOMB OF COLONEL DE VILLEBOIS-MAREUIL
Grave in Kimberley honoring the Comte de Villebois-Mareuil, a former ...Read more