The Bo-Kaap (pronunce ‘boo-uh-carp’) is a former township on the slopes of Signal Hill, above the Cape Town city center. It is the historical center of Cape Malay culture in Cape Town. The Nurul Islam Mosque, established in 1844, is also located in the area. Here are a few pictures that I took today.
This is a scene on Wale Street. I love the Volkswagen Beetle with the blue doors. The backdrop is Table Mountain, of course.Gorgeous dark green and – Salmon? Coral Pink? houses on Wale Street.This is the entrance to the Bo-Kaap Museum on Wale Street. I love the wavy cornice on the roof line.This is Dorp Street.The minaret of the mosque called Masjid Boorhaanol Islam on Longmarket St, holding its own against a massive development project a few blocks away. Efforts to designate Bo-Kaap as a heritage area have been underway since 2013, and it may finally be approved this year by the Cape Town City Council. Still, the status does not entirely prohibit new construction; it simply stipulates that new construction should be subject to much more scrutiny to ensure it fits in with the existing structures.A view of the old and the new. This is on Chiappini Street.Here is the Nurul Islam Mosque, located off Buitengracht Street, and established in 1834.The Jameah Mosque on Chiappini Street was built in 1850. It is also known as the Queen Victoria Mosque, as patronage of the British Crown, when the Cape Colony was under British rule.
