Above are the original plans for the zoo designed by Sir Herbert Baker for Cecil John Rhodes in 1897. Below are the plans for what eventually became the "lion's den" constructed by the Public Works Department after Rhodes' death in 1931.
Friday, October 9, 2009
Cecil John Rhodes Groote Schuur Zoo--Cape Town, South Africa. Closed in 1970
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Wade G. Burck
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