Rhodes Memorial

The Rhodes Memorial is a large in the style of an ancient Greek temple on in , , situated close to .
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: memorial to English-born, South African politician Cecil John Rhodes
  • Also known as: “Rhodes-Denkmal” and “Ռոդսի կոթող”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Groote Schuur Hospital and Sports Centre.

Hospital
Photo: Danie van der Merwe, CC BY 2.0.
is a public teaching hospital situated on the slopes of in the city of , . It was founded in 1938 and is famous for being the institution where the first human-to-human heart transplant took place on the 3rd December 1967, conducted by surgeon Christiaan Barnard on the patient Louis Washkansky. is situated 1¼ km north of Rhodes Memorial.

Sports venue
Photo: Axxter99, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a sports venue, which is situated 530 metres southeast of Rhodes Memorial.

Windmill
Photo: Janek Szymanowski, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mostert's Mill is a historic in , , . It was built in 1796 and is the oldest surviving complete windmill in South Africa. is situated 670 metres east of Rhodes Memorial.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rosebank and Mowbray.

Suburb
Photo: Rotsee, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is one of the of , , located between the suburbs of and Rondebosch.

Suburb
Photo: Zaian, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is one of the of , and lies on the slopes of . is at a junction of several major Cape Town freeways and has an important multi-modal public transport interchange at .

Suburb
is a suburb in , , colloquially known as Obs. Bordered by to the south and to the northwest, the area is best known as a student neighbourhood associated with the nearby University of Cape Town and .

Rhodes Memorial

Latitude
-33.95235° or 33° 57′ 9″ south
Longitude
18.45892° or 18° 27′ 32″ east
Open location code
4FRW2FX5+3H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26191560
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monument
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q3429602
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Thai—“Rhodes Memorial” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Rhodes-gedenkteken”
  • Arabic: “نصب رودس التذكاري”
  • Armenian: “Ռոդսի հուշահամալիր”
  • Catalan: “Memorial de Rhodes”
  • Chinese: “羅德斯紀念碑”
  • Dutch: “Rhodes Memorial”
  • French: “Rhodes Memorial”
  • German: “Rhodes Memorial”
  • Hungarian: “Rhodes-emlékmű”
  • Portuguese: “Rhodes Memorial”
  • Spanish: “rhodes memorial”
  • Spanish: “Rhodes memorial”
  • Thai: “อนุสรณ์สถานโรดส์”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: former Rhodes Memorial Tea Room and UCT Library.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Molecular Biology Building and UCT North.

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