This site is named for the architecturally unique Art Deco Monument, of which the idea was first mooted by Pres. S.J.P. Kruger in 1888 and which was constructed between 1937 and 1949 with funds made available, inter alia by the then Smuts-government. Numerous other examples of culturally significant, tangible heritage structure are present on the 340ha site. The site is also significant due to the number of culturally important events which took place over the years which is directly related to the intangible cultural heritage of the Afrikaners._x000D_
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The Monument commemorates the Great Trek, focussing on 16 December 1838 when the Zulu army was defeated and the course of the history of the interior was altered. It also serves to remind South Africans of the epitome of Afrikaner Nationalism which forms part of the landscape of South African political history which has had an undeniable effect on the way in which the new democratic South Africa has developed.
