Het Posthuis (Cape Town)

South Africa / Western Cape / Cape Town
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Thought to be the oldest standing colonial building in South Africa, it was erected by the Dutch shortly after van Riebeeck arrived, to serve as a lookout post and marker of Dutch presence in False Bay. It is now a small museum.
Of interest is one of the floorstones, which has the boat-shaped grooves indicative of an ochre-grinding stone - a sign of the earlier (probably San or Khoekoe) inhabitants of the area.
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Coordinates:   34°6'34"S   18°28'2"E
This article was last modified 13 years ago