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Bartolomeu Dias and other sculpturesBartolomeu DiasAlgarve c. 1450 - Cape of Good Hope 1500 Portuguese explorer, first to cross over the Cape of Good Hope (1488) (Wikipedia) |
Coert Steynberg & Charles Wheeler
1934 |
Statue of Bartolomeu Dias
Stone statue of Dias with at his foot the name DIAS, in a niche in the façade, with in the background a ship and a cross with the year 1488.
Sculpted by Coert Steynberg.
Winged springbok
Gilded springbok above entrance, it is about life-sized for a normal springbok and is depicted reared up on its hind legs with its rump and wing tips forming fixing points to the building.
Sculpted by Sir Charles Wheeler.
Animal reliefs There is a relief of an antilope and keystones with African animals.
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