When we visited The Voortrekker Monument in South Africa, we climbed the stairs right to the top of the monument. Looking down we could see not only the ground floor, but also all the way to the basement where the cenotaph has been laid.
A closer view of the cenotaph can be seen from the ground floor before taking the stairs to the basement to see the focus of this monument – a symbolic resting place of Piet Retief and his men (the first pioneers into the heartland of southern Africa).
More photos of my visit to this monument can be seen in a previous post: The Voortrekker Monument.
Do you enjoy looking at things from above?
(This post was inspired by the prompt, from above, given by the folks at The Daily Post @ WordPress.com)
© Colline Kook-Chun, 2013
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Amazing pictures Colline… 🙂
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Thank you Halim. We enjoyed our visit there – and it was good to introduce my children to a little South African history.
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Wow…your children must be proud of you…You are a great mom! 😀
And thank you for the links about Piet Retief. Now I know little history about him. 🙂
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He and his followers were quite brave – to go into an unknown environment with unknown dangers.
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Wonderful images. Thank you for opening my eyes to your part of the world. Peace and blessings, Michele
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Thank you Michele. A visit to this monument is well worth it as the architecture is unusual.
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Really nicely done Colline. I love it when an architect has these imaginative visions. So much more interesting than just walking into a single story room. 🙂
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I agree – and the marble murals on the walls are well worth seeing.
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Thanks for sharing this interesting history.
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You are welcome. It was so much a part of history lessons while growing up 🙂
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From that height? Not really. It makes me dizzy. hehehe
Lovely photo’s and post for the Challenge hon. 🙂 *hugs*
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We had to climb all those stairs – so many of them. I did not hang over the rail as much as my children did though 🙂
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Oh I bet there were many and I would not either. LOL!
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Lovely photo!! I also climbed up to top although I am quite afraid of heights, it was definitely worth the climb.
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It was well worth the climb – and we had such fun with the children 🙂
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Beautiful photos of this wonderful monument, Colline.
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Thank you so much.
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What’s a cenotaph? 🙂
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It is a monument or empty tomb that has been made in honour of a group of people (in this case Piet Retief and the voortrekkers that followed him).
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I am really learning a lot on these challenges! Thanks for that information. 🙂
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You are welcome. I love these challenges too – I get to see a lot of things I did not even know existed 🙂
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Yeah I know right? 🙂
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nice shot dear
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Thank you Kavita 🙂
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Awesome photography Colline 🙂
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Thank you Jake 🙂
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Lovely photos, but I’m afraid of heights!
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That is the great thing about photos – you can see the view without having climbed the steps 🙂
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Fab shot Colline! Love the pattern on the floor 🙂
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I enjoy, as well, the different shades of brown (which you can only really enjoy when looking from above 🙂 )
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I love the first shot of the floor. What a terrific pattern!
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It is a lovely pattern – and one that can only be appreciated fully when looked at from above.
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