The Groote Kerk is the oldest Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa. It is located at Church Square in Adderly Street, Cape Town. Its architecture boasts a peculiar combination of Greek and Gothic styles. The building was designed by Hermann Schutte and was inaugurated on 31 January 1841. It was declared a National Monument under old NMC legislation on 28 September 1962.
Beside the church’s great architecture, the other attraction that it possesses is its pulpit. Sculptor Anton Areith made the extraordinary pulpit, which rests on a pedestal of lions and adds to the great architectural features of the building. The pulpit was officially inaugurated in 1789.
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