The Sanctuary
The Sanctuary is an university building in City of Johannesburg, Gauteng. The Sanctuary is situated nearby to the pitch Rugby Stadium, as well as near Walter Milton Oval.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Johannesburg Planetarium and William Cullen Library.
Johannesburg Planetarium
Planetarium
Photo: Soul Train, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Johannesburg Planetarium is a planetarium owned by the University of the Witwatersrand, located on the University's East Campus in Braamfontein, Johannesburg. It was the first full-sized planetarium in Africa, and the second in the southern hemisphere. Johannesburg Planetarium is situated 250 metres west of The Sanctuary.
William Cullen Library
Library
Photo: Heather Elke, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The William Cullen Library is a library located on the East Campus of the University of the Witwatersrand, in Braamfontein, Johannesburg. Opened in March 1934, it stands as one of the university’s oldest and architecturally distinguished buildings, now serving as a research and special collections hub. William Cullen Library is situated 320 metres southwest of The Sanctuary.
Helpmekaar Kollege
School
Helpmekaar Kollege is a private Afrikaans medium co-educational high school situated in Braamfontein, in the city of Johannesburg in the Gauteng province of South Africa. Helpmekaar Kollege is situated 300 metres east of The Sanctuary.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Braamfontein and Parktown.
Braamfontein
Suburb
Braamfontein is a central suburb of Johannesburg, in South Africa, seat of the Constitutional Court of South Africa and some of South Africa's major corporations such as Liberty Holdings Limited, JD Group, Sappi, and Bidvest Bank and Hollard.
Parktown
Suburb
Photo: Paul venter, Public domain.
Parktown is a wealthy suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa, and is the first suburb north of the inner city. It is affectionately known as one of the Parks, others including Parkview, Parkwood, Westcliff, Parktown North, Parkhurst and Forest Town.
Richmond
Neighborhood
Richmond is a small, centrally located suburb in Johannesburg whose Edwardian, Art Deco and Mid Century Modern houses are being both gentrified and torn down.
The Sanctuary
- Type: University building
- Categories: building and education
- Location: City of Johannesburg, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-26.1882° or 26° 11′ 18″ southLongitude
28.03085° or 28° 1′ 51″ eastOpen location code
5G5CR26J+P8OpenStreetMap ID
way 1554607551OpenStreetMap feature
building=university
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