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Pretoria is the third most important city in South Africa and a major tourist attraction, located about 50 km north of Johannesburg. It is named in honor of Captain Andries Pretorius, leader and national hero of the Boer, who died in 1853. Pretoria is a cosmopolitan city with a modern layout, streets and avenues cut at right angles, adorned by thousands of beautiful flowers lilac Jacaranda.
During a tour of its downtown, we see that it is represented by the Church Square, large and wooded, with beautiful gardens and walking paths. In the center of the square stands the Monument to Paulus Kruger, whose austere and is standing in bronze.
Paulus Kruger was one of the Boer pioneers in the founding of the Transvaal Republic in 1825. He was also president of South Africa for four periods, and their management is characterized by developing a policy of opposition to British interests, particularly in the mining of diamonds.
In turn, the Church Square and Church Square is surrounded by a series of buildings that were home to government agencies at the time of the founding of Pretoria, and now housed government offices, banks and courts. Around this sector to develop the city with a striking alternation of tall buildings, very modern lines and low houses adorned by beautiful gardens.
Thus, as the Square of the above named Church, Pretoria has several attractions that you can learn on your trip to this city in South Africa. One is the Museum of Kruger, who works in what was the official residence of former president, which displays his personal belongings and relics of their term. The Art Museum which has a large collection of South African art. The central station bearing its picturesque architecture neocolonial. The old cemetery where famous people are buried as Paul Kruger, Hendrik Verwoerd and other praetorian.
A stroll around Pretoria also includes numerous parks and forest walks, including the place of the zoo, considered one of the largest in the world, which hosts about 4 thousand species of animals besides aquarium and snake.
To the northeast of the city on a hill, stand the buildings of the Union (Union Buildings) in neoclassical style, and where does the National Executive, government offices and State Archives. South of the city, on the outskirts of Pretoria on a hill stands the Monument to the Great Trek (Voortrekker) dominating the skyline as a tribute to the Boer pioneers who emigrated from the Cape in 1838 to escape British rule.
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