Muizenberg, Cape Town : Beautiful Muizenberg

Saturday, September 13, 2008

Beautiful Muizenberg

This is the side of Muizenberg that is absolutely beautiful, the sea on the left, houses in the middle and mountain on the right.

And if anybody is interested it is a stunner of a day.

Cheers

2 comments:

Anonymous said...: Lovely photo. A beautiful day here too (for a change)as it seems to have been grey forever :(

Enjoy Hermanus, look forward to more whale pics.; September 13, 2008 at 3:22 PM
Steffi said...: Yes, that´s true.That´s a beautiful view and I wish I could live there too.; September 14, 2008 at 8:52 AM

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.