LINKS TO
HERITAGE SITES
and ASSOCIATIONS
Vernacular
Architecture Society of South Africa
Founded in 1964, the Vernacular Architecture Society of South Africa aims to promote the study of South African architecture and its cultural content. This is achieved by means of lectures, excursions and tours, research and publications.
Application forms for membership are available on the website.
The Cape Institute of Architects details activities relating to the practice of architecture and the membership in the Western Cape. Notices of talks and lectures on a range of subjects relating to architecture and heritage are posted regularly on the site.
Now called the
South
African Heritage Resources Agency (SAHRA)
The national agency tasked with the protection of the cultural heritage of South Africa
The
Hout Bay and Llandudno Heritage Trust.
This local trust has the mission to protect the architectural, historical, environmental and cultural heritage of the Hout Bay and Llandudno area.
www.durbanville-heritage.co.za
The Durbanville Heritage Society (DHS) was established in 2006 as a result of the concern of residents that many of our cultural and heritage sites have not been preserved. The society is registered at Heritage Western Cape
Iziko
Museums of Cape Town.Iziko comprises fifteen museums and sites, each with its own character and history, reflecting the cultural diversity of the Cape. Many of the museums are housed in buildings of historical interest and the collections communicate across boundaries of culture, age and class and represent a rich resource for learning, exploration and discovery.
South Africa's World Heritage Sites
Robben
Island.Robben Island is known the world over as a place of banishment, exile, imprisonment and isolation. For nearly 400 years colonial and apartheid rulers banished those they regarded as political troublemakers, social outcasts and the unwanted of society to this rocky outcrop in Table Bay.
Designated as a World Heritage Site on December 1st 1999, Robben Island is now a national museum open to visitors.
The
Cradle of Humankind, Sterkfontein.
The Cradle of Humankind designated as a World Heritage Site on December 1st 1999 provides the most extensive fossil and artifact sequence in Southern Africa for a period 4 to 1 million years ago. It is internationally acclaimed because it has produced the first adult fossil Australopithecus, as well as hundreds of other specimens such as the famous Mrs. Ples.
The site provides important information on the early development of the human family and the environment in which they lived.
Cape
Town Heritage Trust
P O Box 16092
Vlaeberg 8018
63
Riebeeck Street
Cape Town
Tel: 27 (021) 421-0287
Fax: 27 (021) 421-0285
Email to ctht@heritage.org.za
for the
Director:
Laura Robinson
site
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