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Castle of Good Hope

Castle of Good Hope
Kasteel de Goede Hoop, Kasteel die Goeie Hoop
South Africa
Gateway to the Castle of Good Hope
Map
Coordinates33°55′33″S 18°25′40″E / 33.9259°S 18.4278°E / -33.9259; 18.4278
TypeBastion fort
Site information
Controlled bySouth Africa
Open to
the public
Yes
Site history
Built1666–1679 (1666–1679)
Battles/warsSecond Boer War

The Castle of Good Hope (Dutch: Kasteel de Goede Hoop; Afrikaans: Kasteel die Goeie Hoop)[1] is a 17th century bastion fort in Cape Town, South Africa. Originally located on the coastline of Table Bay, following land reclamation the fort is now located inland.[2][self-published source?][3] 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.[4]

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 28 May 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ Dirk Teeuwen (2007) Kasteel De Goede Hoop, Castle of Good Hope Archived 24 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Home". castleofgoodhope.co.za.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference places was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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