Muizenberg, Cape Town : Steenberg wine estate

Friday, July 22, 2011

Steenberg wine estate

http://www.steenberg-vineyards.co.za/ - Steenberg wine estate
Photo taken with SE xperia x10i, with Sony Ericsson's Panorama app.
Cheers and regards
Kingjim

2 comments:

Lucas Kain said...: Nice wine estates. Quite refreshing to see some vast vine fields these days. And your photo quality is nice, good work!

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Story telecom; July 22, 2011 at 12:20 PM
Unknown said...: Thanks,

Hard to imagine that this is in a city.

Photo quality not bad indeed for a cel phone and a android panorama app.

Cheers and enjoy your day.
James; July 22, 2011 at 1:06 PM

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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.