Overview
Identifiers
Inventory Number
3326DA3
Site Name
Dias Cross Memorial, Kwaaihoek, Alexandria District
Site Category
Record Administration
Post date
Friday, June 22, 2012 - 14:08
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 16:43
Monuments
Monuments & Memorials Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on Monday, April 26, 2021 - 17:03.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
Primary?
Off
Site Recording Admin Comments
The Illustration on the right shows replica of the Dias party erected at Kwaaihoek district of Alexandria on the exact site of the original, the replica was made in Johannesburg . It was cast in white cement in a Galatin mould taken from the original the base and surrounds was constructed on the site with local materialPurpose:Date Unveiled: Designer: It's salvage and it's reconstruction by the experts of the Witwatersrand University, JohannesburgBuilder: Person/Institution Commemorated: Bartoloneu DiasRecorder Name: Fundiswa Ngindo ,Sandiswa Teyise
Classifications
Monument Type
Description
The Portuguese planted many padrao or stone pillars along the coast during their ports of call in the 14 th and 15 th centuries these padrao were send the stone pillars with the cross of the Portuguese flag chiselled into the face to mark territory discovered by the early explores
Contains Animal figures?
No
Contains Human figures?
No
Construction Date Comment
In the year of 1488
Construction Materials
Stone
Pedestal Material
Stone
Event Commemorated
Bartholomew Diaz was a Portuguese navigator and the first European to set foot on the South Afriacan soil, and discover the Cape
Structures
Built Environment Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on 07/08/2012.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
Primary?
Yes
Classifications
Location
Location
Mapping
-33.718576, 26.624046
Eastern Cape
- Sarah Baartman
- Ndlambe
Land Parcel Details
Type of land parcel
Street Address
Land Parcel Reference
Alexandria
Access details
It is accessible to any one it is close to the sea
Gradings
Grading
Autoid
Submitted by
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on 27/06/2012 - 02:00.
Grading
Grade II
GradingComment
archiveimport Grading by:
Declarations
Declaration
DeclarationName
Declaration Type
Declaration Description
Dias Cross Memorial. Block IXA, Coast Reserve East, Kwaaihoek, District Alexandria, Cape Province.
Gazette Date
Gazette Number
3581
Gazette Notice Status
Notice Date
Notice Number
2522
Archive Status
National monument
3581-2522_0.pdf (86.69 KB)
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