Rhodes Memorial | Attraction
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Rhodes Memorial
PO Box 2043
Newlands
7740
021 487 6800
Open times: Rhodes Memorial is open to the public during Winter (May - Sept) from 08h00 - 18h00 and Summer (Oct - Apr) from 07h30 - 19h00.
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The magnificent floodlit memorial to Cecil John Rhodes, stands on the slopes of Devil’s Peak, on the Northern flank of Table Mountain.
It was built in 1912 on the very place where Rhodes used to sit and contemplate his future. It was a short ride on horseback from his town home – Groote Schuur – (from which the famous hospital takes it’s name) - which is now separated by the M3 Rhodes Drive motorway.
Today Rhodes Memorial is a national landmark, providing a magnificent view of industrial Cape Town out over the airport and the Cape Flats to the Helderberg and Hottentots Holland Mountains.