Overview
Identifiers
Inventory Number
2528CA123
Site Name
Bartolomeu Dias Sculpture, Pretoria Art Museum Park, Pretoria
Site Category
Record Administration
Post date
Tuesday, December 15, 2020 - 14:16
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 21:26
Monuments
Monuments & Memorials Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on Tuesday, February 16, 2021 - 22:20.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
Recording date
Recorders
Primary?
Off
Site Recording Admin Comments
He opened a way to a sea route from Europe to Asia. Dias ships rounded the perilous Cape of good hope and then sailed around Africa's Southernmost point.Purpose:
Classifications
Monument Type
Description
A Bartolomeu Dias
Contains Animal figures?
No
Contains Human figures?
No
Builder
Designer
Construction Date Comment
Unknown
Construction Materials
Granite material
Pedestal Material
Granite material
Person/Institution Commemorated
Event Commemorated
Became a first European Mariner to round the southern
Inscriptions
Refer to the images.
Location
Location
Mapping
-25.748754, 28.213042
Gauteng
- City of Tshwane
Land Parcel Details
Type of land parcel
Farm
Land Parcel Reference
Erf/Farm No: 750
Erf/Farm Portion: Public Place
Park Street
Arcadia
Pretoria
Erf/Farm Portion: Public Place
Park Street
Arcadia
Pretoria
Directions to Site
Durban Point. In Timeball Boulevard Street, at the back of RocPoint House 15. Opposite The Sails Apartments building.
Media
Media
Images uploaded directly to Site
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