- The Castle of Good Hope (Casteel de Goede Hoop) in Cape Town is the oldest surviving colonial building in South Africa and the current seat of the military in the...
- The Castle of Good Hope in Cape Town is the oldest building in South Africa. The Dutch built it as a supply station and military fortress in the 1600s.
- The Castle of Good Hope is in the shape of a star with five points, called bastions. It was built like this so that soldiers could protect the walls in several directions.
- 6 contributions. Fascinating guided tour of the Castle of Good Hope. We had a free tour with SHAMIER ROBERTSON, and he was awesome!
- The Castle of Good Hope is a great attraction in central Cape Town. A guided tour really brings it to life, and the views from the castle roof are spectacular.
- During 1666, Governor Zacharias Wagenaar established the four famous cornerstones of the Castle of Good Hope.
- By 1664 trouble was brewing between the British and the Dutch, and so over the next 15 years the massive pentagonal stone Castle of Good Hope came into being.
- Built by Dutch colonialists in the 17th century, the Castle of Good Hope originally overlooked the Cape Town shoreline.
- The easiest way to get to the Castle of Good Hope is by metro, after reaching the station of the same name.
- The Castle of Good Hope (Kasteel de Goede Hoop) is the oldest building in South Africa, it was built by the Dutch East India Company (VOC, Vereenigde...