Overview
Identifiers
Inventory Number
2528CC220
Site Name
Piet Retief Obelisk, Voortrekker Monument, Pretoria
Site Category
References
Site Relationships
Record Administration
Post date
Thursday, April 15, 2021 - 15:03
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 21:26
Monuments
Monuments & Memorials Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on Thursday, April 15, 2021 - 15:03.
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Inventory Reference
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Classifications
Monument Type
Description
This site marks where Piet Retief and +/- 100 of his fellow trekkers where murdered on 6 February 1938 on command of the Zulu king Dingane.
Contains Animal figures?
No
Contains Human figures?
No
Designer
Construction Materials
Granite
Marble
Pedestal Material
Concrete
Stone
Person/Institution Commemorated
Event Commemorated
Voortrekker war between Retief and Zulu King Dingane.
Date Unveiled
Inscriptions
/Piet Retief. Goeweineur van die Voortrekkers vermoor mat sy 70 Burgers Dingaanstat 6-2-1838 KMDT.A. Greyling, KMDT. P. Meyer/See Images for full list of 70 names.
Location
Location
Mapping
-25.775681, 28.176824
Gauteng
- City of Tshwane
Directions to Site
Statue is situated at the corner of Pritchard and Von Brandis Street, opposite National Prosecuting Authority of South Africa Gauteng Division and next to High Court of South Africa.
Access details
Public Access.
Media
Media
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