Sujet

Historic Grahamstown

Légende

Seen on the right is the winged figure of Peace on a monument, on the left is the Settler Memorial Tower and on the left is the Anglican Cathedral Church in Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape of South Africa on Monday November 8, 2004. The monument is to "the Men of Albany" who lost their lives in the Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902. The sculpture is by Stanley Nicholson Babb and Rudyard Kipling specially wrote the inscription. The bronze relief-plaque on it honouring the Pioneer women depicts the legendary heroism of Elizabeth Salt, who reputedly carried a keg of gunpowder to the troops during the Battle of Grahamstown on 22 April 1819. She benefited from a noteworthy Xhosa tradition not to harm women in warfare. The Settler Memorial Tower was built to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the British Settlers' arrival in 1820. (Photo by Christine Nesbitt)

Crédit

Photo12/Africa Media Online

Notre référence

APN09A03_256

Utilisation

uniquement en France, Belgique, Suisse

Model release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

17,2Mo (359,7Ko) / 16,9cm x 25,5cm / 2000 x 3008 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Tourisme Eastern Cape Albany Afrique du Sud Grahamstown exterior 2004