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Attractions in Pretoria: May 2010
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Friday, May 21, 2010. Driving in Pretoria, South Africa. Pretoria was founded in 1855 by Marthinus Pretorius, a leader of the Voortrekkers, and he named the city after his father. During the Second Boer War one of the POWs in Pretoria was none other than Winston Churchill who had been acting as a war correspondent. When South Africa hosts the 2010 World Cup Pretoria will be host to a number of games in the Loftus Versfeld stadium. What to see in the Pretoria area? The Groenkloof Nature Reserve is the 2nd...
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Attractions in Pretoria: August 2008
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Monday, August 4, 2008. The Voortrekker Monument - South Africa’s largest Cenotaph. The remarkable Voortrekker Monument, immediately outside the city centre of Pretoria. Is South Africa’s largest Cenotaph. This grandiose structure of granite evokes different views from different people. Some find it an intimidating building, too uninhibited and too demonstrative. Others find it striking, magnificent and strangely lovely. What are the features of the Voortrekker Monument? The Hall of Heroes contains the u...
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Attractions in Pretoria: October 2008
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Sunday, October 26, 2008. The Palace of Justice. When you feel settled in your place of accommodation in Pretoria. A prominent builder of that time, John Munro, laid the first stones of the building in 1896. The sandstone from Pretoria was found inappropriate, upon which sandstone had to be imported from Scotland and Germany. The sandstone was chiselled by hand to construct this impressive building. The construction period was from 1896 to 1899. Several high profile cases were held here, including the we...
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Attractions in Pretoria: The Voortrekker Monument - South Africa’s largest Cenotaph
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Monday, August 4, 2008. The Voortrekker Monument - South Africa’s largest Cenotaph. The remarkable Voortrekker Monument, immediately outside the city centre of Pretoria. Is South Africa’s largest Cenotaph. This grandiose structure of granite evokes different views from different people. Some find it an intimidating building, too uninhibited and too demonstrative. Others find it striking, magnificent and strangely lovely. What are the features of the Voortrekker Monument? The Hall of Heroes contains the u...
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Attractions in Pretoria: The Palace of Justice
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Sunday, October 26, 2008. The Palace of Justice. When you feel settled in your place of accommodation in Pretoria. A prominent builder of that time, John Munro, laid the first stones of the building in 1896. The sandstone from Pretoria was found inappropriate, upon which sandstone had to be imported from Scotland and Germany. The sandstone was chiselled by hand to construct this impressive building. The construction period was from 1896 to 1899. Several high profile cases were held here, including the we...
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Attractions in Pretoria: Driving in Pretoria, South Africa
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Friday, May 21, 2010. Driving in Pretoria, South Africa. Pretoria was founded in 1855 by Marthinus Pretorius, a leader of the Voortrekkers, and he named the city after his father. During the Second Boer War one of the POWs in Pretoria was none other than Winston Churchill who had been acting as a war correspondent. When South Africa hosts the 2010 World Cup Pretoria will be host to a number of games in the Loftus Versfeld stadium. What to see in the Pretoria area? The Groenkloof Nature Reserve is the 2nd...
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People in Pretoria: August 2008
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Monday, August 4, 2008. Sir Herbert Baker - A legacy of elegance. Baker returned to South Africa and designed several buildings that remind of the early Cape Dutch style. In 1896 one of his projects included a total re-design of Grootte Schuur after it was destroyed by fire. Grootte Schuur was later renamed to Genadendal and now forms the permanent residence of the president of South Africa. For your overnight stay. Other examples in other parts of South Africa include Michael House, (Balgowan, KwaZulu-N...
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People in Pretoria: Sir Herbert Baker - A legacy of elegance
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Monday, August 4, 2008. Sir Herbert Baker - A legacy of elegance. Baker returned to South Africa and designed several buildings that remind of the early Cape Dutch style. In 1896 one of his projects included a total re-design of Grootte Schuur after it was destroyed by fire. Grootte Schuur was later renamed to Genadendal and now forms the permanent residence of the president of South Africa. For your overnight stay. Other examples in other parts of South Africa include Michael House, (Balgowan, KwaZulu-N...