1Greenmarket Square is a historical square in the centre of old Cape Town. The square was built in 1696, when a burgher watch house was erected.
2 Built in 1878, the spire of the Central Methodist Mission church and sanctuary dominates one end of Greenmarket Square.
3Iziko Old Town House Museum is the former City Hall (the Old Town House), which was built in 1755 in the Cape Rococo style.
4 Over the years, the square has served as a slave market, a vegetable market, a parking lot and more recently, a flea market trading mainly African souvenirs, crafts and curios.
9 The entrance to the Anglican St George's Cathedral, who's foundation stone was laid in 1901, which replaced a church built in 1834 on the same site.
10 At the start of the appropriatley named Goverment Avenue, which is a pedestrian thoroughfare, you will find the Houses of Parliament.
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12 This is one of the entrances to the Company's Garden, which is a park and heritage site located in central Cape Town.
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15 The garden was originally created in the 1650s by the region's first European settlers and provided fertile ground to grow fresh produce to replenish ships rounding the Cape.
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17 Looks like they don't want you climbing the fences.
18 The Mount Nelson Hotel marks the top end of Government Avenue and has a rich history of its own.
23 While wondering through St George's Mall, I came a corss this piece of concrete, which just so happens to be a panel from the Berlin Wall.
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25 Luv the corporate slogan/branding of the Honey Badger on Loop Street.
26 An interesting peice of metalwork ......
27 ..... for when you don't want people accessing your building.
28 The Tiger's Milk Kitchen/Bar has plenty of ice cold beers that will help quench ones thirst. They don't do a bad feed either.
29 I've come all the way to Cape Town and I believe another village is rejoicing .....
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31 Normally this is one of the busiest streets in Cape Town, but Sunday sure quietens things down.
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36 This building is actually the Ducth Consulate Generals and dates back to 1787.
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41 I wandered over to check out the Owal Mosque and found some interesting architecture in the adjacent Bo-Kaap neighbourhood area. When was the last time your saw cobblestone streets??
42 At the very end of the street you can see the Owal Mosque, constructed in 1794 and recognised as the first mosque established in the country, but I was attracted to the brightly painted period houses that surrounded the mosque.
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45 The statue of King Edward VII, located in the Grand Parade, opposite the City Hall, was erected in 1904 to celebrate the British colonial period of the Cape Colony.
46 The large Edwardian style Cape Town City Hall building was contructed in 1905 from honey-coloured oolitic limestone, imported from Bath in England.
