Pietermaritzburg - Capital of the Zulu Kingdom

Pietermaritzburg and KwaZulu-Natal Midlands Historical and Cultural Attractions

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Archaeological Site

Holly Shelter

Architectural Features

Ixopo Prison


Art Gallery

Dragon's Castle Art Gallery: A KZN registered tourism establishment
Jack Heath Art Gallery
Jambo Arts Centre: A KZN Registered establishment
Tatham Art Gallery
Bellavista Forest Lodge: A KZN registered tourism attraction


Artifact

Cloete's Cannon, Pietermaritzburg
German Field Guns, Pietermaritzburg
Sundial, Ixopo
World War Two Tank, Pietermaritzburg

Battlefields

Ambush Rock

Buildings

Agricultural Hall
Alexandra Road Police Station
Allerton Laboratory
Allison's Saddlery Building
Andries Pretorius's House
Border Mounted Rifles Hall, Ixopo
Buchanan Street Baths, Pietermaritzburg
Carnarvon Masonic Lodge, Richmond
City Hall, Pietermaritzburg
Clark House, Maritzburg College
Clock Tower Building, Pietermaritzburg
Comrades House Museum, Pietermaritzburg
Conservatoire De Hammerstein, Pietermaritzburg
Dorchester House
Dudgeon's Standard Bank
Edgar's
Fairfell Farmstead, Howick
Fine Victorian Building, Pietermaritzburg Street
Fine Victorian Building, Longmarket Street
Fine Victorian Villa, Burger Street
First National Bank No 2, Pietermaritzburg
First National Bank, Pietermaritzburg
Fort Nottingham
Girls Collegiate School, PMB(Former)
Girls High School, Pietermaritzburg
Government House (Old), Pietermaritzburg
Harwin's Arcade, Pietermaritzburg
Hilton College
Hilton Hotel
Howick Clinic
J.H.Isaacs Building, Pietermaritzburg
John Bird House, Pietermaritzburg
Kelvin House, Pietermaritzburg
Longmarket Street School, Pietermaritzburg
Loop Street Police Station, Pietermaritzburg
Macrorie House, Pietermaritzburg
Marian Villa, Pietermaritzburg
Mc Auslins Chambers', Pietermaritzburg
Mcnamee's, Pietermaritzburg
Merchiston Preparatory School, Pietermaritzburg
Metropolitan Church, Pietermaritzburg
Natal Government Railway Headquarters
Natal Mounted Police Headquarters, PMB
Natal Parliament Building, Pietermaritzburg
Norfolk Villa, Pietermaritzburg
Old Allerton State Veterinary Laboratory, PMB
Old Central Block, Natal University, PMB
Old Colonial Building, Pietermaritzburg
Old Model Boys' School, Pietermaritzburg
Old Natal Houses Of Parliament, Pietermaritzburg
Old Natal University Central Block
Old Nel's Rust Dairy, Baynesfield Estate
Old Pentrich Railway Station, Pietermaritzburg
Old Plough Hotel, Ixopo
Old Prison Cell Blocks, Pietermaritzburg
Old Stock Exchange, Pietermaritzburg
Old Supreme Court, Pietermaritzburg
Old Victoria Club Building, Durban
Old YMCA Building, Pietermaritzburg
Overpark House, Pietermaritzburg
Owsthorne House, Lions River District
Pavilion, Pietermaritzburg
Pietermaritzburg Post Office
Poole's Building, Pietermaritzburg
Post Office, Pietermaritzburg
Prison Cell Block, Pietermaritzburg
Publicity House, Pietermaritzburg
Railway Station, Pietermaritzburg
Reid's Building, Pietermaritzburg
Sans Souci, Pietermaritzburg
Satya Vardhak Crematorium, Pietermaritzburg
Shepstone House, Pietermaritzburg
Shuter House, Pietermaritzburg
Town Hall, Greytown
Town Hill Mental Hospital, Pietermaritzburg
Umvoti Mounted Rifles Hall, Greytown
Victoria Hall, Maritzburg College
Voortrekker House No 2, Pietermaritzburg
Voortrekker House, Pietermaritzburg
Wayland, Pietermaritzburg
Weston Agricultural College, Mooi River
Whitehorn And Gough's Building, Pietermaritzburg
Widow Retief's House, Pietermaritzburg
YMCA Building, Pietermaritzburg

Cemetery

Military Cemetery, Howick
Voortrekker Graveyard

Church

Byrne Church
Christian Science Church, Pietermaritzburg
Church Of The Covenant, Pietermaritzburg
Hermannsburg Lutheran Church
Italian Church, Pietermaritzburg
Old Presbyterian Church, Pietermaritzburg
Old St Mary's Anglican Church, Pietermaritzburg
Old St Mary's Church (Catholic), Pietermaritzburg
Presbyterian Church, Pietermaritzburg
Prisoner Of War Church, Pietermaritzburg
St George's Garrison Church, Pietermaritzburg
St Johns Gowrie Presbyterian Church, Mooi River
St Luke's Church, Pietermaritzburg
St Mary Magdalene Church, Byrne
St Mary's Church (Anglican), Pietermaritzburg
St Peter's Church, Pietermaritzburg
Yellowwood Church, Bulwer

Fort

Fort Ahrens/Hermannsberg Laager
Fort Napier, Pietermaritzburg
Ruins Of Fort Ahrens
Umvoti Laager, Greytown Area

Grave

Joseph Baynes Mausoleum
Sarie Marais Grave, Greytown Area

Homestead

Balmoral Farmhouse
Blarney Cottage, Richmond

Mission

Mariathal Mission, Ixopo Area

Monument

Anglo- Zulu War Memorial
Bushmans River Pass Monument, Pietermaritzburg
Cecil John Rhodes Memorial, Lions Kloof
Memorial To Policemen, Bambatha Uprising
Old Government House, Pietermaritzburg
Sherwood Foresters' Monument, Pietermaritzburg
Weeping Cross Of Delville Wood, Pietermaritzburg

Mosque

Greytown Mosque

Museum

Comrades Marathon House Museum
Greys Hospital Museum
Greytown Museum
Howick Local History Museum
King's Grant Country Retreat
Macrorie House
Natal Museum
Natal Parliament Building
Natal Railway Museum
Rhode House Museum, Mooi River
Richmond Byrne And District Museum

Plaque

Daniel Lindley Plaque, Pietermaritzburg

Retreat

Buddhist Retreat Centre

School

Maritzburg College, Pietermaritzburg
Nizamia Madressa Islamic School, Pietermaritzburg
Old Harward Boys School, Pietermaritzburg
Old Longmarket Street Girls School (Museum)
Russell High School, Pietermaritzburg
Scottsville Primary School, Pietermaritzburg
St Charles's College, Pietermaritzburg
Weston Agricultural College

Site

Alexandra Park
Bambatha's Rock
Dead Mens' Tree, Ixopo
Howick Waterfall
Lion's Kloof, Umkomaas
Louis Botha's Birthplace, Greytown
Nelson Mandela's Arrest Site
Ntunjambili, Kranskop
Plane Tree Avenue, Pietermaritzburg
World's View, Pietermaritzburg

Statue

Mahatma Gandhi Statue, Pietermaritzburg
Queen Victoria's Statue, Pietermaritzburg
Shepstone Statue, Pietermaritzburg

Structure

Helen Bridge, Mooi River District
Hitching Rails, Pietermaritzburg
Mcfarlane Bridge, Pietermaritzburg
Old Satya Vardhak Sabah Crematorium
Slave Bell, Pietermaritzburg
South African War Memorial, Pietermaritzburg
St Peter's Bells
War Memorial Arch, Pietermaritzburg

Temple

Shree Vishnu Mandir Temple, Greytown
Siva Soobramoniar And Marriaman Temple, Pmb

Theatre

Winston Churchill Theatre,Pietermaritzburg

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