Monday, 27 December 2010

Visiting Grootfontein

Grootfontein, like Tsumeb, was a former whites' town, rather old also, located in what was for a very short time the Republic of Upingtonia. During the colonial times, it was an important South African base, a military town.
We didn't stay long there, as the ambiance didn't look to fancy.
Here is the main church of the city, modern and ancient together:








Here is the German cemetery from the 1900's.



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