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
Unveiled Comment
Unknown
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.
Access details
It's a secured place with a security guard and fenced around the Pretoria Art Museum.
Media
Media
Images uploaded directly to Site
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