Plaza
Grand Parade
Historic public square hosting a twice-weekly street market beside a colonnaded city hall.
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Location
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Grand Parade in Cape Town starts on the eleventh of February 1990, when a crowd filled the old Castle drill ground to see a man most of them had never laid eyes on. Along the way you'll take in the limestone City Hall shipped from Bath, the square's later life as a marketplace, and a very different crowd in 2013 throwing coloured powder. Best heard standing on the open square, facing City Hall.
This audio guide was created using AI.