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- More InfoUpdated: March 2019The Gereformeerde KerkThe original foundation stone for this building situated on the corner of Bourke and Middle Streets was laid on the 9th July 1913. After undergoing many transformations including being used as a cinema the building was...
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- More InfoUpdated: January 2016The Huguenot Monument Graaff ReinetIn 1988 South Africa celebrated the 300th anniversary of the arrival of the French Huguenots in the country. To mark this occasion a small monument in the form of a pyramid was erected in Church Square, Graaff Reinet.
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- More InfoUpdated: April 2015The War MemorialThree months after the end of the first World War a public meeting was called by the Mayor, Mr. H Urquhart, at which it was decided to erect a monument, on the most prominent site in town, in honour of the gallant Graaff-Reinet...
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- More InfoUpdated: August 2016Old Powder MagazineThe old powder magazine stands alone on the hill to the north of Graaff Reinet.
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- More InfoUpdated: March 2015Anglo-Boer War MemorialDedicated to Boer soldiers "in memory of the fallen in the struggle for Freedom and Justice".
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- More InfoUpdated: September 2020Valley of DesolationSheer cliffs and precariously balanced columns of Dolerite rise 120 metres from the valley floor, against the timeless backdrop of the vast plains of the Camdeboo. This is the product of volcanic and erosive forces of nature over...
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- More InfoUpdated: April 2015The Monument to Jewish PedlarsThe important role played by the Jewish "smous" in the sparsely populated interior of the Cape Colony is recognised in a simple monument erected alongside College Road.
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- More InfoUpdated: April 2015The Union MonumentThe monument commemorates the Union of South Africa and is a stone pyramid erected on Magazine Hill.
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- More InfoUpdated: March 2015Andries Pretorius MonumentThis monument in memory of the Voortrekker leader was erected in 1943. The monument can be seen about 3 km from the town, at the Camdeboo National Park Offices on the N9 to Middelburg, the route to the north and into the...
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- More InfoUpdated: March 2015Victoria Hall Graaff-Reinet Town HallOn the 26 June 1902 the foundation stone of the new Town Hall in Church Square named “The Victoria Hall” was laid but building operations only started in April 1910. The town hall was designed along Flemish Renaissance lines.
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- More InfoUpdated: April 2015Krugersdorp MonumentThe scaled-down replica of the Paardekraal monument was erected south of the bridge over the Sundays River.
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- More InfoUpdated: May 2023Dutch Reformed Church - NG Graaff-ReinetThe first recorded church was in Church Street. Building of a church started in 1792 but was destroyed by fire in 1799 before it could be completed. A second church was completed in September 1800 on the site of the present Dutch...
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- More InfoUpdated: May 2018Dutch Reformed Church – Nuwe KerkDue to discontent in the congregation a split occurred in the Groot Kerk. The main cause of the breakaway segment’s dissatisfaction seems to have been centered on the autocratic personality of the Rev Naude.
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- More InfoUpdated: 5 months agoSt James’ Anglican ChurchThe oldest original church building in use is St James’ Church situated in Somerset Street. The original church consisting of the present nave was built and consecrated on the 29 October 1850. The chancel and sanctuary were...
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- More InfoUpdated: May 2019The Methodist Church (Trinity Methodist Church)In 1871 the foundation stone of the Trinity Church on the corner of Caledon and Bourke Streets was laid and on the 15 September 1875 the official opening of the church took place. In 1894 it was necessary to enlarge the building...
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- More InfoUpdated: March 2015Gideon Scheepers MemorialDuring the Anglo-Boer War Gideon Scheepers formed his own commando, which operated in the Cape Midlands. He was captured by the British troops and charges of alleged war crimes were laid against him. At the court hearings in...
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- More InfoUpdated: April 2015Monument to the Independent ColonyThe Drostdy at Graaff-Reinet was established in response to petitions from the Boers of the region. On 6 February 1795 a gathering proclaimed the "Graaff-Reinet Colony"
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- More InfoUpdated: March 2019The Roman Catholic ChurchThe present day Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception in Bourke Street, between Somerset and Middle Streets, was consecrated on the 23rd April 1957 and the High Alter on the 24th April 1957. First class relics of St Pius X...
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