Posts Tagged ‘Louis Thibault’

Top 5 French influences around Cape Town

Ship mural - Le Cap de Bonne Esperance

It’s Bastille Day on 14th July, celebrating the moment in history in 1789 when French Revolutionaries stormed the Bastille. So we thought we’d take a look at some of the French influences in the Cape: 1. East Fort on Chapman’s Peak Drive: It was 1781 during a Dutch and French alliance that French forces sped [...]


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