The Castle of Good Hope

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I absolutely love Cape Town and exploring the city, the buildings are so beautiful and such a fascinating contrast to the mountains and nature in the background.
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We visited the Castle of Good Hope, it is an unbelievable structure built in the 17th century and is now a historical monument. It is considered the best preserved example of a 17th century architectural structure.

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It was built by the Dutch East Indian Company between 1666 and 1679 - its crazy to think that this may be the oldest existing building in South Africa!

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I love that behind the castle, an old grand building you can see a very modern building peaking through behind it - the old and new brought together.

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This torture chamber was by far the creepiest room I have ever encountered, I could not even enter the room... You could almost feel the pain and torment in the atmosphere, I can't begin to imagine what kind of horrors happened in this tiny room...

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Tiny tiny windows...

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Walking around the castle and experiencing the history was pretty fun, it was awesome seeing the architecture and learning a bit more about my country. At the same time though, I found the atmosphere in the castle pretty eerie and kind of creepy, I was slightly excited to leave to be honest...

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Still enjoyed the experience at the castle though...
The museum was very interesting, I love exploring museums and historical buildings.

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I hope you enjoyed experiencing the castle a little bit through my photographs! 馃榾

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The buildings in Cape Town are pretty magnificent aren't they?

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Threw in a beautiful picture of Table Mountain showing off on this gorgeous day.
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