TY - JOUR AU - Bisset, W.M. PY - 2012/02/28 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - A NEW LOOK AT THE CASTLE OF GOOD HOPE, AND ITS SYMBOLIC IMPORTANCE JF - Scientia Militaria - South African Journal of Military Studies JA - Sci.Mil. VL - 9 IS - 3 SE - Articles DO - 10.5787/9-3-734 UR - https://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/734 SP - AB - The Castle of Good Hope has been described as unquestionably the 'oldest and historically the most interesting building in the country'.1 Yet it is often forgotten that its development as a showplace reminding countless visitors of South Africa's early architectural achievements and European roots, is a recent phenomenon which received its most significant boost at the Van Riebeeck Festival in 1952. ER -