Muizenberg, Cape Town : A Muizenberg back alley

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

A Muizenberg back alley

Shot through a gate, down an alley to the back of a demolished building (where only the front of the building has been kept intact).

Cheers

2 comments:

Virginia said...: nice photo, very moody and mysterious looking1; August 6, 2008 at 8:05 PM
Steffi said...: It´s a interesting photo of Muizenberg!; August 7, 2008 at 2:51 PM

Interesting Muizenberg

- 1742 the Het Posthuys one of the oldest buildings in South Africa was built.
- 1795 The Battle of Muizenberg was a small but significant military affair that began and ended three months later with the (first) British occupation of the Cape.
- In 1882 the railway line, which for twenty years stopped at Wynberg, was extended to Muizenberg.
- 1895 the Muizenberg Municipality was established.
- 1902 Cecil John Rhodes bought as a holiday cottage and this was where he died.
- 1910 the library opened next to the Natale Labia
- 1911 the Muizenberg Post Office opened.
- 1913 a new railway station was built in Muizenberg.
- 1920 Boyes Drive was completed.