Overview
    Identifiers
    Inventory Number
    3326DA3
    Site Name
    Dias Cross Memorial, Kwaaihoek, Alexandria District
    Site Category
    Record Administration
    Author
    sahrisprojectmanager
    Last modified
    Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 16:43
    Monuments & Memorials Recordings
    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
    Built Environment Recordings
    Identifiers
    Inventory Reference
    Primary?
    Yes
    Classifications
    Building type
    Associated People
    History of use
      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
      Grading
      Grading
      Grade II
      GradingComment

      archiveimport Grading by:

      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)
      Media
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