Overview
Identifiers
Inventory Number
2930CB379
Site Name
Queen Victoria Statue, 245 Langalibalele Street, Pietermaritzburg
Site Category
Record Administration
Post date
Tuesday, January 19, 2021 - 14:50
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 21:26
Monuments
Monuments & Memorials Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on Tuesday, January 19, 2021 - 14:50.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
Recording date
Recorders
Primary?
On
Site Recording Admin Comments
There are no inscriptions about the builder and who paid for it. It's in a beautiful gardenPurpose:[Moderator comment: Site history needs details; event commemorated needs to be verified]
Classifications
Monument Type
Description
The presence of the statue symbolically connected remote governments to the larger imperial administration.
Contains Animal figures?
No
Contains Human figures?
Yes
Designer
Construction Materials
Concrete
Pedestal Material
Concrete
Person/Institution Commemorated
Event Commemorated
Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria
Unveiled By
Date Unveiled
Unveiled Comment
Sir Charles Mitchell, Governor of Natal
Inscriptions
Victoria Queen - Empress 20 June 1887
Location
Location
Mapping
-29.603088, 30.37947
KwaZulu-Natal
- Umgungundlovu
- The Msunduzi
Directions to Site
Voortrekker road,next to Caltech gas station, opposite shell gas station and capital bank
Access details
Statue located within a barricaded office precinct, KZN Legislature, therefore access is reserved through permission to entire the premises.
Media
Media
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