Church Square in
Cape Town,
South Africa, lies in front of the
Groote Kerk at the intersection of Parliament and Spin Streets. It currently features a park.
In the middle of the square lies a statue of
Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr (Onze Jan). The name Spin Street comes from a silk–spinning factory between Plein Street and Parliament Street, that was operating for a short time.[1] A plaque on a traffic island on Spin Street commemorates the slave market once using the square. A building south of the square housed the old slave quarters and later was home to the High Court. Today, it houses a cultural and historical museum. In 1961, the square was declared a heritage site.[2]
Bibliography
Oberholster, J.J. Die historiese monumente van Suid-Afrika. Cape Town: Kultuurstigting Rembrandt van Rijn vir die Raad vir Nasionale Gedenkwaardighede, 1972.
ISBN0-620-00191-7
^Hart, Peter. (2011). A bowlful of names. Cape Town: The historical Society of Cape Town. p. 21.
ISBN9780620521420.
OCLC781264612.
^Oberholster, J. J. (1972). The historical monuments of South Africa. Cape Town: Rembrandt Van Rijn Foundation for Culture at the request of the National Monuments Council. p. 6.
ISBN0620001925.
OCLC553395.
Church Square in
Cape Town,
South Africa, lies in front of the
Groote Kerk at the intersection of Parliament and Spin Streets. It currently features a park.
In the middle of the square lies a statue of
Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr (Onze Jan). The name Spin Street comes from a silk–spinning factory between Plein Street and Parliament Street, that was operating for a short time.[1] A plaque on a traffic island on Spin Street commemorates the slave market once using the square. A building south of the square housed the old slave quarters and later was home to the High Court. Today, it houses a cultural and historical museum. In 1961, the square was declared a heritage site.[2]
Bibliography
Oberholster, J.J. Die historiese monumente van Suid-Afrika. Cape Town: Kultuurstigting Rembrandt van Rijn vir die Raad vir Nasionale Gedenkwaardighede, 1972.
ISBN0-620-00191-7
^Hart, Peter. (2011). A bowlful of names. Cape Town: The historical Society of Cape Town. p. 21.
ISBN9780620521420.
OCLC781264612.
^Oberholster, J. J. (1972). The historical monuments of South Africa. Cape Town: Rembrandt Van Rijn Foundation for Culture at the request of the National Monuments Council. p. 6.
ISBN0620001925.
OCLC553395.