Africa · South Africa

Castle of Good Hope

bastioned fort · Tier B · provisional

A pentagonal seventeenth-century fort in Cape Town. Changes to the shoreline through reclamation have altered its relationship to Table Bay. The historical view and present-day photograph invite comparison across both the building and its surrounding landscape.

Photographs & plans

Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town
Bernard Gagnon · 6 November 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Source & original

The Castle of Good Hope, circa 1680
Author not identified in source record · Circa 1680 · Public domain
Source & original

Country: South Africa
Coordinates: -33.92590, 18.42780
Reported date: 1666–1679
Condition: Unknown
Current use: Unknown
Research confidence: provisional.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_of_Good_Hope
http://www.starforts.com/goodhope.html

This catalogue entry is a research record. Unknown fields are left unknown; a star-shaped outline alone does not establish date, origin, or function.

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