Cape Town - Great Church

(Local Name: Groote Kerk) The Groote Kerk (Great Church) is the oldest and best known church in South Africa. The first church on this site, built in 1678, was rebuilt in 1703 and again in 1836. The bell-tower dates from 1703. The Groote Kerk is the mother church of the Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk (NGK) of South Africa. The pulpit was carved by Anton Anreith.