The early morning winter sun spotlights three cultural icons in the city of Grahamstown, South Africa

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In 1836 Grahamstown, the largest centre in Cape Colony outside Cape Town, was designated the seat of administration of the eastern Cape. On the left of the view stands the 150 foot bell tower and spire of the Anglican Cathedral of St. George and St. Michael, an Early English Gothic Revival designed by George Gilbert Scott in 1879, with a belfry housing the heaviest and first full ring of 8 bells on the African Continent. On the right of the view stands the complex of Rhodes University, the best small university and ninth oldest on the African Continent, established in 1904 on the site of the Drostdy ('seat of government') Barracks established by Colonel John Graham in 1812. In the centre of the view, overlooking the city, stands the 1820 Settlers National Monument, built in 1974, as a conference, educational and cultural centre for use by all, to honour the 4000 British settlers of 1820 and the impact of the English language on the history of South Africa.

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Location: Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, Republic of South Africa
Photo credit: © robert harrison / Alamy / Afripics
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