A lovely shady spot on the lawns below Rhodes Mem for a warm spring day. This classical monument - a memorial to
Cecil John Rhodes on the slopes of Devil's Peak where he was said to come for some peace and quiet - was designed by Sir Francis Macey and Sir Herbert Baker and completed in 1912. The eight lions that flank the 49 steps (one for each year of Rhodes's life) were modelled on the ones at the base of the Nelson column in Trafalgar Square, London. The large horse in front, the "Statue of Energy", is an identical twin of one in Kensington Palace Gardens, also in London. Rhodes Mem is just above the campus of the University of Cape Town and is frequented by students. There is a very nice restaurant there too, but more of that in a future blog. For more worlds, go to
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The delightful tea room and restaurant at Rhode's Memorial was closed for a few years, but is now open again and still feels just the same as it used to. In winter there is a cosy fire inside, and in summer, sit in the garden under the umbrellas and look at Cape Town, far, far below, through the stately old pines. There is a children's play area as well as a boules court. The food is pretty good too.
A lovely shady spot on the lawns below Rhodes Mem for a warm spring day. This classical monument - a memorial to Cecil John Rhodes on the slopes of Devil's Peak where he was said to come for some peace and quiet - was designed by Sir Francis Macey and Sir Herbert Baker and completed in 1912. The eight lions that flank the 49 steps (one for each year of Rhodes's life) were modelled on the ones at the base of the Nelson column in Trafalgar Square, London. The large horse in front, the "Statue of Energy", is an identical twin of one in Kensington Palace Gardens, also in London. Rhodes Mem is just above the campus of the University of Cape Town and is frequented by students. There is a very nice restaurant there too, but more of that in a future blog. For more worlds, go to My World Tuesday.
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