Leeuwenhof
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Leeuwenhof is an estate in the Gardens area of Cape Town, South Africa. It is the official residence of the Premier of the Western Cape.[1]
Leeuwenhof was originally a farmhouse dating to the time of the Dutch East India Company's rule of Cape Town. It includes a Slave Quarters which has been renovated and used to house an exhibition about slavery in Cape Town.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Hartley, Aziz (27 April 2009). "DA may still share power - Zille". Cape Times. http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?art_id=vn20090427065206695C394746. Retrieved 1 May 2009. "Zille, who still has to discuss with her family the notion of moving into the Premier's residence, Leeuwenhof..."
- ^ van Schalkwyk, Marthinus (9 December 2002). Opening of refurbished slave quarters at Leeuwenhof (Speech). Leeuwenhof, Cape Town, South Africa. http://www.polity.org.za/article/van-schalkwyk-opening-of-refurbished-slave-quarters-at-leeuwenhof-09122002-2002-12-09. Retrieved 1 May 2009.
Coordinates: 33°56′17″S 18°24′22″E / 33.938°S 18.406°E
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