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Groote Schuur

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Groote Schuur (Dutch for "great granary") is an estate in Cape Town, South Africa. [1]

22 relations: African National Congress, Bay window, Bougainvillea, Cape Dutch architecture, Cape Town, Cecil Rhodes, Coetsenburg, Devil's Peak (Cape Town), Dutch East India Company, Dutch language, F. W. de Klerk, Genadendal Residence, Granary, Herbert Baker, Leninism, List of castles and fortifications in South Africa, London, Nelson Mandela, P. W. Botha, Prime Minister of South Africa, Rondebosch, South Africa.

African National Congress

The African National Congress (ANC) is the Republic of South Africa's governing political party.

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Bay window

A bay window is a window space projecting outward from the main walls of a building and forming a bay in a room.

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Bougainvillea

Bougainvillea is a genus of thorny ornamental vines, bushes, and trees with flower-like spring leaves near its flowers.

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Cape Dutch architecture

Cape Dutch architecture is a traditional Afrikaner architectural style found mostly in the Western Cape of South Africa.

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Cape Town

Cape Town (Kaapstad,; Xhosa: iKapa) is a coastal city in South Africa.

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Cecil Rhodes

Cecil John Rhodes PC (5 July 1853 – 26 March 1902) was a British businessman, mining magnate and politician in southern Africa who served as Prime Minister of the Cape Colony from 1890 to 1896.

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Coetsenburg

Coetsenburg is an historic wine estate and one of the oldest estates in South Africa, established in 1682, and located at the foot of the Stellenbosch Mountain, which forms part of the estate, in the town of Stellenbosch, 31 miles (50 km) east of Cape Town, in the Cape Winelands of the Western Cape Province.

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Devil's Peak (Cape Town)

Devil's Peak (Afrikaans: Duiwelspiek) is part of the mountainous backdrop to Cape Town, South Africa.

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Dutch East India Company

The United East India Company, sometimes known as the United East Indies Company (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie; or Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie in modern spelling; abbreviated to VOC), better known to the English-speaking world as the Dutch East India Company or sometimes as the Dutch East Indies Company, was a multinational corporation that was founded in 1602 from a government-backed consolidation of several rival Dutch trading companies.

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Dutch language

The Dutch language is a West Germanic language, spoken by around 23 million people as a first language (including the population of the Netherlands where it is the official language, and about sixty percent of Belgium where it is one of the three official languages) and by another 5 million as a second language.

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F. W. de Klerk

Frederik Willem de Klerk (born 18 March 1936) is a South African politician who served as State President of South Africa from 1989 to 1994 and as Deputy President from 1994 to 1996.

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Genadendal Residence

Genadendal Residence is the official residence of the President of South Africa when in office at Tuynhuys, Cape Town.

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Granary

A granary is a storehouse or room in a barn for threshed grain or animal feed.

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Herbert Baker

Sir Herbert Baker (9 June 1862 – 4 February 1946) was an English architect remembered as the dominant force in South African architecture for two decades, and a major designer of some of New Delhi's most notable government structures.

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Leninism

Leninism is the political theory for the organisation of a revolutionary vanguard party and the achievement of a dictatorship of the proletariat as political prelude to the establishment of socialism.

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List of castles and fortifications in South Africa

This is a list of former and current castles and fortifications in South Africa and contains historical fortifications, military instillations, mock castles and Manor Houses, that may be referred to as "castles".

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Nelson Mandela

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader, and philanthropist, who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999.

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P. W. Botha

Pieter Willem Botha, (12 January 1916 – 31 October 2006), commonly known as "P.

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Prime Minister of South Africa

The Prime Minister of South Africa (Eerste Minister van Suid-Afrika) was the head of government in South Africa between 1910 and 1984.

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Rondebosch

Rondebosch is one of the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town, South Africa.

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South Africa

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groote_Schuur

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