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Castle of Good Hope
View on map:33.925900°S 18.427800°E
Description
Castle of Good Hope
The
Castle of Good Hope
(
Dutch
:
Kasteel de Goede Hoop
;
Afrikaans
:
Kasteel die Goeie Hoop
) known locally as
the Castle
[1]
[
self-published source?
]
or
Cape Town Castle
[2]
[
dead link
]
is a
bastion fort
built in the 17th century in
Cape Town
, South Africa. Originally located on the coastline of
Table Bay
,
following land reclamation
the fort is now located inland.
[3]
[
self-published source?
]
[4]
In 1936 the Castle was declared a historical monument (now a
provincial heritage site
) and following restorations in the 1980s it is considered the best preserved example of a Dutch East India Company fort.
[5]
References
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle of Good Hope
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