Tall modern buildings of glass and steel are side by side with historic buildings, saved and restored to their former glory. The oldest building in South Africa – Castle – was built in 1666 to protect the new colony. Slave Lodge, the second oldest building in Cape Town, served to different purposes for over three centuries.

Originally, it served as housing for slaves, and later the first post office, library and the Supreme Court were opened in Cape Town. Today the South African Cultural History Museum is placed in this construction. Here there are ceramic products, different toys, silver and textiles from the past of Cape Town, and also showpieces from ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome.

In Cape Town there are many other buildings of historical interest. The cobbled street, lined with oak trees, leads to the South African Museum, South African National Gallery and the Jewish Museum, located in the oldest synagogue in South Africa.

You can also look at the parliament building, the Cathedral of St. George, the residence of the President of South Africa. Nearby there is the majestic City Hall building, constructed in 1905. And if you go down the Long Street from the Cathedral of St. George, you’ll see numerous antique shops, beautiful mosques Pink Palm Tree Mosque and Noorel Nameida Mosque and Turkish baths, built in 1906.

Cape Town art gallery – is the most interesting art museum in the country. The permanent exhibitions are paintings of foreign masters, temporary exhibitions of works of African avant-garde artists are organized. A magnificent collection of paintings of Dutch masters of the XVII century can be seen at City Hall.

At the foot of Signal Hill the quarter Bo caapi is located, populated by descendants of Malay slaves arrived in the Cape in the 17 century. Museum of Bo caapi acquaints us with Muslim culture in Cape Town.

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