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	Castle Of Good Hope
		The Castle of Good Hope is the oldest surviving building in South Africa.
		The Cape of Good Hope houses the regional headquarters of the South African Army in the Western Cape, the famous William Fehr Collection of historic artworks, the Castle Military Museum and ceremonial facilities for traditional Cape Regiments.
		The Castle of Good Hope was built in accordance with 17th century European principles of fortification comprising strong bastions from which the outside walls could be protected by cross-fire.
	www.places.co.za /html/ct_castle.html (399 words)

	/\/*****\/\_____ The Castle of Good Hope _____/\/****\/\ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)*
		The Castle, was, however, not the first fort to be built at the Cape.
		The Castle was planned from a central point with five bastions, named after the main titles of Willem, the Prince of Orange.
		The Castle of Good Hope houses the military personnel of the SA army in the Western Cape, the famous William Fehr Collection of historic artworks, the Castle Military Museum and ceremonial facilities for traditional Cape Regiments.
	www.cape-town.org /ShowSite.asp?SecId=1&MemId=142 (302 words)

	Castle of Good Hope
		The Castle of Good Hope was built between 1666 and 1679, replacing an earlier mud and timber fort built in 1652 by Commander Jan van Riebeeck, the Dutch merchant who landed in Table Bay in 1652, together with 72 men and 8 women.
		The castle was built for the protection of the early settlers against marauding Hottentots and as the residence of the Governor.
		The Castle of Good Hope was not built in consecutive order, so you will jump around from one time in history to another as you explore the Castle, but this adds to its charm.
	www.magical-cape-town-vacations.com /castle.html (1017 words)

	Union-Castle Line
		DRAKENSBURG CASTLE was built in 1945 by J and L Thompson and Sons in Sunderland with a tonnage of 9905grt, a length of 500ft 4in, a beam of 64ft 1in and a service speed of 14.5 knots.
		GOOD HOPE CASTLE (1) was built in 1945 by Caledon Ship Building and Engineering Co. in Dundee with a tonnage of 9905grt, a length of 497ft 6in, a beam of 64ft 5in and a service speed of 14.5 knots.
		Sister of the Riebeeck Castle she was delivered on 5th March 1946 to carry fruit from South Africa on the northbound voyage and general cargo on the southbound voyage.
	www.red-duster.co.uk /UNION19.htm (2670 words)

	Castle of Good Hope in Cape Town - South Africa
		Today the Castle of Good Hope is the oldest building in South Africa.
		The castle now forms the military headquarters for the Cape Province and houses the museum of the William Fehr Collection.
		The pentagon-shaped Castle is surrounded by trenches and mighty walls.
	www.southafrica-travel.net /westcape/cato_02.htm (234 words)

	Africa's Haunted Castle, Goede Hoop (The Cape of Good Hope)
		The Castle of Good Hope is the oldest and largest of South Africa's colonial buildings.
		Dividing the castle is the Kat, or curtain wall, in which is embedded a fine residence.
		This may be the same ghost which rings the castle bell from time to time, since a guard hanged himself with the bell rope hundreds of years ago.
	www.vanhunks.com /cape1/castle1.html (2003 words)

	South African Army Flags (2002 - 2003) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Following the adoption of new Army badge and rank insignia in March 2000 which resulted in the Castle of Good Hope outline being dropped, a new flag for the South African Army was introduced in April 2002.
		The ground plan of the Castle of Good Hope was used as the outline for the emblems of the various constituent arms of service of the South African National Defence Force before 2003.
		The Castle of Good Hope is the oldest building in South Africa, having been erected by the Dutch East India Company between 1665 and 1679.
	fotw.vexillum.com /flags/za-army.html (1715 words)

	Cape Town Castle of Good Hope
		The castle houses the William Fehr Collection of Africana, which provides a glimpse of life at the Cape during the 17th and 18th centuries and the Castle History Museum.
		The "castle" is actually a defensive fort, construction of which began barely 2 days after the arrival of the first Dutch settlers in April 1652.
		Although today the Castle is far away from the sea, it was originally built on the beach, Strand Street, which passes the structure is translated as "Beach Street".
	www.discoverthecape.com /castle.html (244 words)

	The History of Union-Castle Line 1973-1977 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Good Hope Castle abandoned but did not sink and was subsequently towed to Bilbao for repairs involving over 1000 tons of new steel.
		Good Hope Castle completed her last voyage in the mail service at Southampton on 26th September.
		Similarly to her sister, Good Hope Castle, she went to the breakers after only the shortest career under the Italian Flag.
	www.union-castle-line.com /history/1973.htm (472 words)

	The History of Union-Castle Line 1955-1973 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		An explosion in the crankcase of Capetown Castle sent a blast through her engine room as she was approaching Las Palmas sadly killing her Chief Engineer and seven officers and ratings.
		Transvaal Castle (later S.A.Vaal) was launched by Lady Cayzer, Wife of the Chairman, at John Brown's yard on the Clyde (where the Victoria was also built).
		As Transvaal Castle sailed from Southampton on her maiden voyage on 18th January 1962 she was saluted by the American Blue Riband holder - the magnificent United States.
	www.union-castle-line.com /history/1955.htm (539 words)

	Cape Town history - Jan van Riebeeck (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Phoenicians and Arabs thought it was filled with magnetism that could draw a ship in to its doom, while the massive mythical bird, the roc, nested on the slopes, and a race of dwarves called the Wac-wac lived in the bay area.
		When later sailors actually stepped ashore, they discovered good fresh water and the cattle-farming Khoikhoi, who were willing to trade fresh meat and milk.
		When good, it is superb, but it can blanket the city in grey cloud on a whim, send bitter winds whistling through the winter streets, and drop dank English-style rain for days on end.
	about-south-africa.com /html/cape_town.html (628 words)

	Intro (English) to the Resolutions of Cape of Good Hope / Resolutions of the Council of Policy
		It had to do with an amount of eight thousand pounds of gunpowder that was kept in the Company’s cellars, but due to the long time it was stored the sulphur and salpetre gradually poured out but would still be suitable to be re-used and again be ground.
		I, the undersigned Willem Willemsz: constable of this Castle, declare that in the Company’s gunpowder cellars eight thousand pounds of gunpowder were found, but due to the long time it [the gunpowder] was stored the sulphur and saltpetre gradually poured out but are still suitable to be re-used and again be ground.
		Although all of them were regarded as being competent, the approbation of authority of the high Indian Government will have to be requested in order to approve the increase in salary of these individuals who had been promoted.
	www.tanap.net /content/activities/documents/resolutions_Cape_of_Good_Hope/introduction_english/05.htm (255 words)

	The impressive Castle of Good Hope (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The majority of the stone boulders used to build the castle came from Holland (sometimes referred to as "Fort de Goede Hoop" or “Castle of Good Hope”).
		The entrance to the castle is very imposing with a large clock tower, On the tower is a bell, cast in 1697, which is still rung on occasions today.
		Much of the castle is open to the public, and every day of the week at 12.00 noon, visitors can watch the changing of the guard.
	www.discoversouthafrica.co.uk /castle.html (288 words)

	Article - Cape Town - presented by ©NewsFinder.Org - All Rights Reserved
		The Castle of Good Hope, was built to defend Cape Town.
		Besides extensive displays of militaria, some interesting ones on the castle's archeology and the reconstruction of the so-called Dolphin Pool, the highlight is the bulk of the William Feur Collection, which includes some fabulous bits of Cape Dutch furniture, such as a table seating 100, and some more paintings by John Thomas Baines.
		We hope it will be a basis for debates and discourses about cultural issues, including creative contributions in visual arts, music, and literature.
	www.newsfinder.org /comments.php?id=936_0_1_0_M (1412 words)

	Page Title (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		On the site of Van Riebeeck's original fort, the "Castle" now serves primarily as a museum and military base, and within its walls are both the Good Hope Gallery and the Military Museum exhibiting military costumes and paraphenalia of both the Dutch and the British.
		Castle of Good Hope, Castle Street, Cape Town.
		Once a court, hospital, governor;s retreat and slave lodge, The Residency still has the cells and stocks in which captives were held during its time as the Colony's prison.
	www.classicencounters.com /page23.html (862 words)

	Good Hope Estate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Good Hope Estate was formed through a land grant, given to Colonel Thomas Williams.
		The estate consisting of one thousand acres, bordering the Martha Brae river is situated in the parish of Trelawny.
		He was so discouraged by the scandal of his wife's affair with his daughter's husband, an Anglican minister, that he returned to Good Hope, where he remained for the rest of his life.
	www.jnht.com /trelawny/goodhope.html (219 words)

	26 April 1679 - Castle of Good Hope is completed (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		As the Dutch East India Company had decided to strengthen fortifications at the Cape, the building of the Castle of Good Hope, the oldest and most historic building in South Africa, was started in 1665 and completed on 26 April 1679.
		The Castle has a pentagonal plan, with a diamond-shape bastion at each corner, which resembles the old Netherlands defense system adopted in the early 17th century.
		The Castle took about 14 years to be completed.
	www.sahistory.org.za /pages/chronology/thisday/1679-04-26.htm (155 words)

	OTHER SOUTH AFRICAN MONUMENTS
		Built between 1666 and 1679, this pentagonal fortification replaced a small clay and timber fort built by Commander Jan van Riebeeck upon establishing a maritime replenishment station at the Cape of Good Hope for the Dutch East India Company, better known as the VOC (Verenigde Oos-Indische Compagnie).
		The Castle of Good Hope was built in accordance with 17th century European principles of fortification comprising strong bastions from which the outside walls could be protected by crossfire.
		They had unwittingly rounded the Cape of Good Hope - the first Europeans on record to do so.
	www.ibiblio.org /istudio/03pretoria/research/OTHER_SAFRICAN_MONUMENTS.htm (1157 words)

	cape of good hope\ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		They sailed east, hoping to again find the west coast but after sailing for a few days and not finding any sight of land they decided to head north.
		The second name was given to please the King of Portugal because rounding the cape gave hope to the riches of the East.
		In 1658 the first load of slaves was brought over and put to building a castle, Fort Good Hope.
	athena.english.vt.edu /~jmooney/3044annotationsa-g/capegdhope.html (462 words)

	FARRAGO July archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		One of the places we visited was the Cape of Good Hope Castle.
		As a result of an extensive, ongoing restoration and conservation program launched in the 1980's, the Castle of Good Hope remains the best preserved of its kind built by the VOC in regions where it had interests in previous centuries.
		Today, the Castle of Good Hope house the regional headquarters of the South African Army in the Western Cape, the famous William Fehr Collection of historic artworks, the Castle Military Museum and ceremonial facilities for traditional Cape Regiments.” (From here.)
	farrago.netfirms.com /html/farrago_july_archives.html (1066 words)

	Complete Guide to South Africa - Cape Town Attractions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		One of Cape Town's main attractions is the Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve, at Cape Point, which is noted for its floral diversity and especially its wild flowers that bloom in the spring.
		A delightful small village with a distinctly rural feel on the way to the Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve, this is an ideal base to explore the Western Cape from.
		The castle was completed in 1679 with the aim of protecting the new settlement from possible attack.
	www.southafricatraveler.com /capetown/wctop20att.htm (2063 words)

	Carmel Schrire
		Professor Schrire's latest book, Tigers in Africa: Stalking the Past at the Cape of Good Hope(University Press of Virginia, 2002), presents a brisk vision of the scientific and social past at the Cape.
		Professor Schrire is currently working on the archaeology and history of the Castle of Good Hope (1666-1850), and hopes to unravel the material objects that elucidate the life and times on an old, colonial African frontier.
		The infilled moat at the Castle of Good Hope, Cape Town, South Africa
	anthro.rutgers.edu /faculty/schrire.shtml (191 words)

	Welcome to South Africa
		The South Peninsula, home to the Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve, is a dazzling showcase of the area's indigenous flora and fauna.
		Cape Town, the cosmopolitan hub of the area, was voted third in a recent international poll of top tourist destinations - and for good reason.
		Museums and art galleries abound and South Africa's oldest building, the Castle of Good Hope, is in the city centre - not far from the cobbled streets of the Bo-Kaap with their delightful old buildings.
	www.southafrica.net /index.cfm?SitePageID=256&AreaID=22 (323 words)

	Brian's reflection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		As you can see, Milon's Secret Castle was the newest article, however, Cyrius had a look at the source code and found that a new article does not change the counter unless it has both a link and a comma.
		The good part about it is that we don't have to, because Jung did it for us.
		Sounds like a good deal to me. The only criticism I have so far is that I can only upload photos 5MB or smaller, and a good many of mine are ~8MB.
	www.br1an.net /indexBlog.html (12814 words)

	IgoUgo: Cape Town Attractions, Cape Town Festivals, Things To Do In Cape Town (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		From 1678, it was the centre for civilian, administrative and military life in the Cape area and today remains the seat of the military (you see uniformed soldiers still walking through the courtyard) and houses an excellent museum and art collection representing the history of life in the Cape.
		The castle structure is pentagonal, entered past ceremonial lions (see photo below) and under a bell tower (the bell is original, cast in Amsterdam in 1697 and weighs 670lbs), it bears the coat of arms of the United Netherlands, a crowned lion rampant holding the seven arrows of unity in its paw.
		Also in the Castle are dungeons and torture chamber, remains of a bakery, smithy, ammunition store and garrison cells, plus the Dolphin Fountain.
	www.igougo.com /planning/journalEntryActivity.asp?type=2&entryID=33184 (612 words)

	Cape Town, Table Mountain and Cape of Good Hope in the Western Cape of South Africa
		Castle of Good Hope : The Dutch East India companiy sent three small ships to establish a postal station under the command of Jan van Riebeck, who built a mudwalled fortress.
		The Castle of Good Hope was built between 1666 and 1679 to replace the original building and still stands today as the oldest surviving building in South Africa.
		This fort was used by the British as a strategic area whilst at war with France.
	www.rainbowtours.co.za /capetown.htm (1221 words)

	GOING PLACES - South Africa - Highlights (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The only way to penetrate this castle's massive pentagonal walls is to take a tour.
		You'll be led by a soldier in ceremonial dress uniform into a reception area, then down into torture chambers, a grisly death row of cells, and other sinister areas.
		Look for the Nazi swastika carved into one of the prison cell doors: it was left by a German submarine crew captured off the Cape of Good Hope during World War II.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/goingplaces3/southafrica/hilite7.html (135 words)

	Sydney Gazette And New South Wales Advertiser, 1803
		She also brought 4 India mares and 2 horses (one of which is an Arabian stallion), a quantity of spirits, sugar, rice, piece goods, and various other articles.
		The Castle of Good Hope is the largest ship that has ever entered this port, and measures about 1000 tons.
		Boats-On Thursday came in the Sophia Maria, Dargon; and the Hope, Smallwood, with wheat and barley from Hawkesbury.
	www.theshipslist.com /ships/australia/nsw1803.htm (1754 words)

	Untitled Document
		Built near the site of Van Riebeeck's original mud-walled fort, the Castle is one of the oldest European structures in Southern Africa.
		The impressive 10 metre high walls have never been attacked, but the Castle is nonetheless a striking symbol of the might of the Dutch East India Company.
		Within the castle are a couple of museums with collections of furniture and paintings of Cape Town's past.
	www.macalester.edu /geography/courses/geog261/mark/attract.html (1154 words)

	Iziko Museums of Cape Town - Venue Hire: The Castle of Good Hope (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Castle of Good Hope is a beautifully restored fortress built after 1665 by the Dutch East India Company (VOC).
		The Collection has been displayed at the Castle for nearly half a century, while many other pictures and objects are shown at the nearby town house Rust en Vreugd.
		The Castle offers a range of original and versatile venues, each with a unique atmosphere.
	www.museums.org.za /iziko/ven_castle.htm (176 words)

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