Groote Schuur
Groote Schuur is an estate in Cape Town, South Africa. In 1657, the estate was owned by the Dutch East India Company which used it partly as a granary.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Estate
- Description: estate: Dutch East India Company granary → Hester Anna van der Byl / Coetsee → Cecil Rhodes / Sir Herbert Baker → South African President official residence → museum
- Also known as: “Groote Schuur Estate”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Groote Schuur Zoo and Genadendal Residence.
Groote Schuur Zoo
Ruins
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The Groote Schuur Zoo was a 2-hectare zoo in Cape Town, South Africa. Established in 1931 at the request of deceased Cecil Rhodes, it was free of charge and a very popular attraction in Cape Town until its closure sometime between 1975 and 1985.
Genadendal Residence
Building
Genadendal Residence is the official Cape Town residence of the president of South Africa, situated on the Groote Schuur estate in Rondebosch. It has been the official residence since 1994 when Nelson Mandela took up residence here rather than the main Groote Schuur manor house.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Newlands and Rosebank.
Newlands
Suburb
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Newlands is an upmarket suburb of Cape Town, South Africa. It is located at the foot of Table Mountain in the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town, and is the wettest suburb in South Africa due to its high winter rainfall.
Rosebank
Suburb
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Rosebank is one of the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town, South Africa, located between the suburbs of Mowbray and Rondebosch.
Mowbray
Suburb
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Mowbray is one of the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town, South Africa and lies on the slopes of Devil's Peak. Mowbray is at a junction of several major Cape Town freeways and has an important multi-modal public transport interchange at Mowbray railway station.
Groote Schuur
- Categories: estate, museum, and agriculture
- Location: City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Italian—“Groote Schuur” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Groote Schuur”
- Dutch: “Groote Schuur”
- French: “Groote Schuur”
- Hebrew: “חרוטה סחור”
- Indonesian: “Groote Schuur”
- Italian: “Groote Schuur”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Rondebosch and Claremont.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Groote Schuur”. Photo: Janekszy, CC BY-SA 3.0.