De Tuynhuys, Cape Town / Cape Town's Tuynhuys is the office of the South African State President and is closed to the public

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De Tuynhuys, Cape Town: Tuynhuys, the office of the state President and closed to the public, witnessed one of the most important turning points in South African history when FW de Klerk announced from its steps, on 18 March 1992, that South Africa had ‘closed the book on apartheid’.

This beautiful building, built originally in 1700 as a residence for important visitors to the Cape, lies between Parliament buildings and the President’s Council in Company Gardens. It has been used as an official residence by almost all the governors of the Cape - Dutch, Batavian and British - and by State Presidents after the country became a Republic in 1961.

Historians have put together a sketch of Tuynhuys’s history and, it seems, it began as little more than a tool shed. This was converted into a guesthouse in the year Simon van der Stel became Governor in 1679, and by 1710 the guesthouse had already become a double-storey building with a flat roof.

However, there is evidence that Tuynhuys was not always livable. Lord Charles Somerset, who was responsible for adding a beautiful ballroom and for much of the re-decoration, had to move out of the building in 1824 as it was uninhabitable. Towards the end of the 19th century a debate as to its very existence occurred as authorities considered demolishing it, and a further restoration of the residence took place in 1967.

Today, De Tuynhuys stands as a symbol of a nation that has come through a history of colonisation and apartheid, and managed to survive intact, its young democracy a shining example to the world of man’s ability to overcome adversity.

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COMPANY GARDENS

Company Gardens: Company Gardens is a large public park and botanical garden set in the heart of Cape Town, home to a rose garden, Japanese garden, fish pond and aviary. The tree-lined avenue, with its benches and resident squirrels, forms a pathway between the suburb of Gardens and the city ... Company Gardens

HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT

Houses of Parliament: The city of Cape Town, despite not being the capital of South Africa, is home to South Africa’s Parliament - Cape Town is the legislative capital, whilst the seat of government is in Pretoria, the administrative capital - which is one of the biggest draw cards to the city under the mountain Lying ... Houses of Parliament

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