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On this day in history: Castle of Good Hope was completed
People sitting in courtyard inside Castle of Good Hope, City Bowl, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. Image by © Ian Trower/JAI/Corbis Built between 1666 and ...
The Citizen9y
On this day in history: Castle of Good Hope was completed
Built between 1666 and 1679, The Castle of Good Hope replaced a small clay and timber fort built by Jan van Riebeeck in 1652. This was when he established a maritime replenishment station at the ...