city hall cape town contact details Archives - ToursMaps.com ® http://toursmaps.com/tag/city-hall-cape-town-contact-details Thu, 16 Aug 2018 13:48:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.9 CITY HALL Darling Street Cape Town http://toursmaps.com/city-hall-darling-street-cape-town.html http://toursmaps.com/city-hall-darling-street-cape-town.html#respond Thu, 07 Dec 2017 06:40:00 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=247626 The 1909 Cape of Good Hope Official Handbook, by town clerk Finch, describes the City Hall in Cape Town as being in the Italian Renaissance style. Hans Fransen, in his Guide to the Old Buildings of Cape Town, sees a French Renaissance influence. It may owe more to Leeds Town Hall, in the UK, but a connection with something as pre-eminent as the Italian or even the French Renaissance is not to be sneezed at, a decent provenance being essential even in the colonies. It was thought originally that such an ornament to the city would be a fitting tribute

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