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Voortrekker Monument
Gauteng
Pretoria
Groenkloof 358-Jr
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Voortrekker Monument
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, Voortrekker Monument, Groenkloof 358-Jr, Pretoria, Gauteng
The impressive granite Voortrekker Monument surrounded by a laager of sixty-four wagons
Front entrance and favoured view of the Voortrekker Monument
Bronze statue of mother and child
Granite Buffalo head symbolically protecting the monument from attacks from the outside
Granite Wildebeest representing King Digane's soldiers
Statue of Piet Retief on the north-eastern corner
Statue of Andries Pretorius on the north-western corner
Statue of an Unknown Voortrekker, in memory of all the other leaders, on the south-eastern corner
Statue of Hendrik Potgieter on the south-western corner
1938 torch flame, symbol of the light of civilization and carried forth by the Voortrekker movement
Voortrekker memorabilia in the museum
Voortrekker oxwagon in the museum
View of the magnificent Voortrekker Monument from the parking area
Voortrekker Monument with a statue of Andries Pretorius on the north-western corner
The impressive 62 metre granite colossus, Moerdijk's "magnum opus"
One of the Voortrekker leaders overlooking Pretoria
Hall of Heroes with four bow windows of yellow Belgian glass
Battle against the Matabele at Gabeni (Kapain) in 1837
Retief and Dingane sign the treaty
Friese depicting Marthinus Oosthuizen's heroic deed over the entrance to the museum
The Cenotaph Hall
The Cenotaph (empty grave) with the inscription "Ons Vir jou Suidafrika"
Dome within a dome, symbolic of the Voortrekker's journey into the interior of South Africa
View looking down at the Cenotaph and marble floor from the top floor
Tapestry depicting the Exodus
Tapestry depicting the Battle of Vegkop 16 October 1836
Tapestry depicting Crossing the Drakensberg Mountains
Entrance to the lift on the ground floor
Exit to the lift on the top floor
Just one of the beautiful views of Pretoria from the top
Black wrought-iron gate in the shape of Zulu assegais
Corner stone laid on 16 December 1938 by three direct descendants of the Voortrekker leaders