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Chavonnes Battery Museum
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Totalstay
September 30, 2016
For something a little different, try the Chavonnes Battery Museum in the Waterfront. This museum reflects a little-known aspect of the city, with a number of interesting military exhibits and a fascinating underground chamber. The fort was built in the 18th Century to protect the City of Cape Town against potential attacks. Kids will enjoy venturing around in the museum, while adults will also find it interesting. Tickets are affordable and the museum is open seven days a week.
For something a little different, try the Chavonnes Battery Museum in the Waterfront. This museum reflects a little-known aspect of the city, with a number of interesting military exhibits and a fascinating underground chamber. The fort was built in the 18th Century to protect the City of Cape Town…
Frans Rénier
October 6, 2016
Located 47 km from De Velde Estate this museum is partly outside with three great cannons in place on reconstructed garrison carriages. The inside section allows visitors a view of the ancient stones, graphic information boards, detailed models, a mixture of genuine artifacts, careful replicas and, one of the most popular sections, the gunnery display.
Alistair
December 19, 2020
A small interesting museum worth a visit while in the v&a or on your way to Robin Island.
Denise
September 12, 2020
The battery was one of the coastal fortifications of the Cape Peninsula linked to the Castle of Good Hope. It was built in 1714–1725 by the Dutch East India Company, and named after its originator, Maurits Pasques de Chavonnes, who was the governor of the Cape Colony. The battery was built in a “U” shape with a stone wall built on a rocky outcrop on the Western flank at the waters edge. It had 16 mounted guns with an arc of fire of nearly 180 degrees. The battery also served as a prison and a quarantine and convalescent wing of the old Somerset Hospital. It was used to protect the bay and town until 1861 when construction work started on the Alfred basin and some of the stone and rubble from the site was used to create a breakwater. Further damage occurred when coal bunkers and later a fish factory were built over the site. The museum includes the excavated walls, well and other components of part of the battery, with displays on cannons and the equipment needed to maintain and fire them and information boards related to the history of Cape Town.
The battery was one of the coastal fortifications of the Cape Peninsula linked to the Castle of Good Hope. It was built in 1714–1725 by the Dutch East India Company, and named after its originator, Maurits Pasques de Chavonnes, who was the governor of the Cape Colony. The battery was built in a “U”…
Stella-Marié
February 10, 2019
History of Cape Town Meuseum
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