Boehringer Ingelheim Lung Institute

Boehringer Ingelheim Lung Institute is a university building in City of Cape Town, Western Cape, which is located on Falmouth Road. Boehringer Ingelheim Lung Institute is situated near the pitch UCT Hockey, as well as near University of Cape Town Medical School.

Type: University building
Also known as: “University of Cape Town Lung Institute”
Address: 7 Falmouth Road, Observatory, Cape Town

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Groote Schuur Hospital and Rhodes Memorial.

Groote Schuur Hospital

Hospital

Photo: Danie van der Merwe, CC BY 2.0.

Groote Schuur Hospital is a public teaching hospital situated on the slopes of Devil's Peak in the city of Cape Town, South Africa. 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. Groote Schuur Hospital is situated 670 metres northwest of Boehringer Ingelheim Lung Institute.

Rhodes Memorial

Photo: Glassbottle, Public domain.

The Rhodes Memorial is a large monument in the style of an ancient Greek temple on Devil's Peak in Cape Town, South Africa, situated close to Table Mountain. Rhodes Memorial is situated 1 km southwest of Boehringer Ingelheim Lung Institute.

Irma Stern Museum

Museum

Photo: Axxter99, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Irma Stern Museum was a South African museum dedicated to the life and work of Irma Stern and the artists associated with her. Irma Stern Museum is situated 1 km south of Boehringer Ingelheim Lung Institute.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mowbray and Rosebank.

Mowbray

Suburb

Photo: Zaian, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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.

Rosebank

Suburb

Photo: Rotsee, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Rosebank is one of the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town, South Africa, located between the suburbs of Mowbray and Rondebosch.

Observatory

Suburb

Observatory is a suburb in Cape Town, South Africa, colloquially known as Obs. Bordered by Mowbray to the south and Salt River to the northwest, the area is best known as a student neighbourhood associated with the nearby University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital.

Boehringer Ingelheim Lung Institute

Categories: building and education
Location: City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude

-33.94568° or 33° 56′ 44″ south

Longitude

18.46733° or 18° 28′ 2″ east

Levels

Open location code

4FRW3F38+PW

OpenStreetMap ID

way 23882848

OpenStreetMap feature

building=university

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: UCT Hockey and University of Cape Town Medical School.

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Places to explore: Palm Mews and Anatomy Building.

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