Bonne Espérance. Une sculpture de secours le voilier "Bonne espérance" (en néerlandais : Goede Hoop) sculpté par Joseph Armitage sur le consulat d'Afrique du Sud
4928 x 3264 px | 41,7 x 27,6 cm | 16,4 x 10,9 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
25 mars 2016
Lieu:
Trafalgar Square, London, UK
Informations supplémentaires:
A relief carving of the sailing ship 'Good Hope' (Dutch: Goede Hoop) carved by Joseph Armitage on the upper pediment, above the centre balcony of the High Commission of South Africa, located at Trafalgar Square, London, UK. Goede Hoop carved in Portland stone by Joseph Armitage (1880-1945) to the designs of Sir Charles Wheeler RA (1892-1974) South Africa House, opened in 1933, has architectural sculpture by Coert Steynberg, Joseph Armitage, and Sir Charles Wheeler. "In March 1647, with the shipwreck of the Dutch ship Nieuwe Haarlem, began the Dutch settlement in the zone, the shipwreck victims, built a small fort named "Sand Fort of the Cape of Good Hope". They stayed for nearly one year at the Cape, finally they were rescued by a fleet of 12 ships under the command of W.G. de Jong, on one of these ships was also Jan van Riebeeck. After their return in Holland a part of the shipwrecked tried to persuade the Dutch East India Company to open a trading center at the Cape. In 1652, a Dutch expedition of 90 Calvinist settlers, under the command of Jan Van Riebeeck, founded the first permanent settlement near the Cape of Good Hope. They arrived, on 6 April 1652, on board of five ships, the Reijer, the Oliphant, the Goede Hoop, the Walvisch end the Dromedaris in the bay of today's Cape Town" The High Commission of South Africa in London is the diplomatic mission from South Africa to the United Kingdom. It is located at South Africa House, a building on Trafalgar Square, London. As well as containing the offices of the High Commissioner, the building also hosts the South African consulate. It has been a Grade II* Listed Building since 1982.
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