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Groote Kerk, Cape Town

1678 establishments in the Dutch EmpireChurches completed in 1841Churches in Cape TownDutch Reformed Church buildingsNeoclassical church buildings in South Africa
Groote Kerk, Adderley Street, Cape Town
Groote Kerk, Adderley Street, Cape Town

The Groote Kerk (Afrikaans and Dutch for "Great Church") is a Dutch Reformed church in Cape Town, South Africa. The church is South Africa's oldest place of Christian worship, built by Herman Schuette in 1841. The first church on this land was built in 1678. Willem Adriaan van der Stel laid the cornerstone for the church. It was replaced by the present building in 1841, but the original tower was retained. The pulpit is the work of Anton Anreith and the carpenter Jacob Graaff, and was inaugurated on 29 November 1789. The Groote Kerk lays claim to housing South Africa's largest organ, which was installed in 1954 and has 5917 pipes.

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Groote Kerk, Cape Town
Bureau Street, Cape Town Cape Town Ward 115

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Groote Kerk

Bureau Street
8001 Cape Town, Cape Town Ward 115
Western Cape, South Africa
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