Image Number: APN111685
Title: Shades of history
Path:
african.pictures /
Shuter & Shooter Publishers /
Izak de Vries
Description: Castle Cape Town arch and old tram horse-drawn The Castle of Good Hope is the oldest surviving building in South Africa. It is said that building started in 1666. It took years to complete and a number of alterations have been made over the centuries. This castle replaced a smaller clay and timber fort built by Jan van Riebeeck in 1652. It used to be the headquarters in the Cape of Good Hope for the Dutch East Indian Company, better known as the VOC (Verenigde Oos-Indische Compagnie). Today the castle is the regional headquarters of the South African Army in the Western Cape and it is home to the famous William Fehr Collection of historic artworks and the Castle Military Museum. Tours are conducted for tourists, or one can wander around inside the walls. One can also hop onto a horse-powered trip through Cape Town, starting here at the museum. On the left is an old horse-drawn tram that has been restored. The first horse-drawn tram service in Cape Town is said to have started in 1862,
Collections: Shuter and Shooter
Subcollections:
Izak de Vries
Country: South Africa
Orientation: landscape
Pixel Size: 2048 x 1536
Media Id: 87_248
Credit: Izak de Vries / Shuter and Shooter / Africa Media Online
Keywords:
South Africa,
Western Cape,
Cape Peninsula,
Cape Town,
trams,
historic buildings,
castles,
military & war structures & sites,
historic structures,
buildings,
structures & establishments,
tourist attraction,
Cape of Good Hope,
Cape Town Castle,
,
Model Release: No
Property Release: No