Overview
Identifiers
Inventory Number
2330AA4
Site Name
Valdezia Mission Station, Valdezia, Louis Trichardt
Site Category
Record Administration
Post date
Thursday, February 11, 2021 - 20:32
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 21:26
Monuments
Monuments & Memorials Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on Thursday, February 11, 2021 - 20:32.
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Site Recording Admin Comments
The church's needs to taken care of as it has the history of how christianity religion was introduced. The ceiling is falling off and it not clean in the inside and the surrounding of it .Purpose:Date Unveiled: 11 July 2015Designer: Builder: Person/Institution Commemorated: Recorder Name: Mulalo Simango and wendy Mulaudzi
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Monument Type
Description
The first missionary people to arrive in Limpopo Valdezia.It was built by swiss missionaries. The first church established in South Africa.
They wanted to convert people to christianity as they were worshiping idols.
It provides insight of the past on how the Vatsonga people began moving into the area from the country Mozambique.
Contains Animal figures?
No
Contains Human figures?
No
Construction Materials
Bricks ,Zinc and Cement.
Pedestal Material
Concrete
Event Commemorated
The introduction of religious era in South Africa. The Missionaries needed land to put up Mission Stations and culture churches.
Unveiled Comment
Moderator Rt Rev SPH Nyambi
Inscriptions
It was build in 1875 for worshiping purposes. The Swiss Mission was officially opened by the Moderator the Rt Rev SPH Nyambi on the 11 July 2015 during the EPCSA 140 Years Anniversary Celebrations.
Location
Location
Mapping
-23.100454, 30.180049
Limpopo
- Vhembe
- Makhado
Access details
Accessible through the Reverend who reside in the Valdezia community,they are always around the building.
Management
Administration of Protections
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on 09/11/2023 - 06:11.
Administration Description
Duplicate of https://sahris.sahra.org.za/sites/922690019
merge usable data and delete this record
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