Falmouth Building

Falmouth Building is an university building in City of Cape Town, Western Cape which is located on Anzio Road. Falmouth Building is situated nearby to the university St Peters Place (Residence), as well as near Mowbray Post Office.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Groote Schuur Hospital and Heart of Cape Town Museum.

Groote Schuur Hospital

Hospital

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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 370 metres northwest of Falmouth Building.

Heart of Cape Town Museum

Museum

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The Heart of Cape Town Museum is a museum complex in the Observatory suburb of Cape Town, South Africa. It is in the Groote Schuur Hospital on Main Road. Heart of Cape Town Museum is situated 470 metres northwest of Falmouth Building.

Observatory War Memorial

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Observatory War Memorial is situated 670 metres northeast of Falmouth Building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Observatory and Mowbray.

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.

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.