Alte Feste
The Alte Feste is a fortress and museum in downtown Windhoek, the capital of Namibia. It is situated in Robert Mugabe Avenue, next to the Independence Memorial Museum.Photo: alexander johmann, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Independence Memorial Museum and Equestrian Monument.
Independence Memorial Museum
Museum
The Independence Memorial Museum is a history museum in Windhoek, the capital of Namibia. It focuses on the anti-colonial resistance and the national liberation movement of Namibia.
Equestrian Monument
Monument
Photo: Zairon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Equestrian Monument, more commonly known under its German original name Reiterdenkmal and the name Südwester Reiter, was a monument in Windhoek, the capital of Namibia.
Christ Church
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Christ Church is a historic landmark and Lutheran church in Windhoek, Namibia, belonging to the German-speaking Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia. It was designed by architect Gottlieb Redecker. Christ Church is situated 210 metres northwest of Alte Feste.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Windhoek and Klein Windhoek.
Windhoek
Photo: Digr, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Windhoek is Namibia's capital and largest city. It is in the geographic centre of the country at an elevation of 1,600 m. This is the city where most safaris travelling through Namibia begin, and also the first point of entry in Namibia should you arrive by airplane.
Pioneers Park
Suburb
Pioneers Park is a suburb in the south of Windhoek, Namibia, in the Windhoek West parliamentary constituency. It was developed in the second half of the 20th century as a white community, with the previous black residents being expelled to Katutura. Pioneers Park is situated 3½ km southwest of Alte Feste.
Alte Feste
- Type: Fort
- Description: museum
- Categories: national museum, schloss country house museum, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Khomas, Namibia, Southern Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Thai—“Alte Feste” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Alte Feste”
- Armenian: “Ալտե Ֆեստե”
- Dutch: “Alte Feste”
- French: “Alte Feste”
- German: “Alte Feste”
- Hausa: “Alte Feste”
- Italian: “Alte Feste”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Alte Feste”
- Norwegian: “Alte Feste”
- Slovenian: “Alte Feste”
- Slovenian: “Stara trdnjava, Windhoek”
- Spanish: “Alte Feste”
- Swedish: “Alte Feste”
- Thai: “อัลเทอเฟ็สเทอ”
- “Alte Feste”
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