Rhodes Memorial – Cape Town, South Africa
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About the location (from Wiki):
Rhodes Memorial on Devil’s Peak in Cape Town, South Africa, is a memorial to English-born South African politician Cecil John Rhodes (1853-1902) designed by Sir Herbert Baker. The memorial is situated at Rhodes’s favourite spot on the lower slopes of Devil’s Peak. Rhodes’s own wooden bench is still situated below the memorial. The magnificent view facing northeast can be imagined as the start of the Cape to Cairo road, Rhodes’s imperial dream of a British colonial Africa which had Rhodes as one of its greatest champions. Rhodes owned vast areas of the lower slopes of Table Mountain, most of which he gave to the nation on his death. Part of his estate was used for the University of Cape Town upper campus, part is now the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, while much of it was spared from development.
Today the memorial is part of the Table Mountain National Park. There is a well-known tea room behind the memorial, and it is a popular viewpoint, picnicking spot and starting point for walking and hiking on Devil’s Peak. Around the memorial are groves of oaks and stone pines from Europe, and there are also a few remaining pockets of the original Afromontane forest nearby. Just up the slope from Rhodes Memorial there is a small forest of a famous native tree called the Silvertree. Table Mountain is possibly the only place on earth where this majestic tree grows wild and Rhodes Memorial has one of the last surviving stands.
Movies shot at this location:
Kaadhalaa Kaadhalaa song from Avvai Shanmugi
Ammaha Ammaha from Kantri
Aayega Maza Ab Barsaat Ka from Andaaz
Kiya Kiya from Welcome
Ishq Vishq Pyaar Vyaar from Ishq Vishq
Kannum Kannum Thaan song from Thirupaachi




