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The Castle of The Cape of Good Hope (Structure and Shape (Bastions on each…
The Castle of The Cape of Good Hope
History
Replaced Jan van Riebeek's mud hut
Built between 1666 and 1679
Structure and Shape
Shape of a 5 pointed star
Stone and earth walls more than 10 meters tall
Bastions on each of the 5 points
Each bastion named after the titles of
Prince William the Third of Orange
Buuren
Leerdam
Oranje
Nassau
Katzenellenbogen
Castle divided in half by a wall called the
Kat Wall
Also increases the amount of accommodation at the wall
Important announcements would be made from the Kat Wall
Built to protect the Dutch from attack
No cannon has ever been fired on the castle.
Today, used by the military and is a museum and tourist attraction
