Modernised slave quarters

with slave bell at Hazendal wine estate. Slavery started here in South Africa in 1652 and was was abolished in all British Colonies in 1834. Today this building is an art gallery for Russian artists and photographers.

[bkb in the city]

Very nice it is being used

[Babs]

Lovely building with a dark history

[Susan Wakely]

Great building. Pleased that it now has a useful purpose.

[moni kozi]

Gorgeous architecture

[Dione Giorgio]

Beautiful shot and I like the architectures. Thank you for the history.

[Beth]

If the original slave quarters looked anything like that, they were a far cry different from American slave quarters. That is a nice building.

[Mags]

What a nice thing to do with it! Did you get a peek inside?

[Peter Dulis]

lovely

[KV]

Cool building but what a history!

[Esther Rosenberg]

Neat looking building.

[Marij]

So nice to learn a lot about South Africa from your pictures

[Kitty Hawke]

Fabulous old building, despite its dark back story.

[Judith Johnson]

Glad that they've found a meaningful way to reuse the building

[Steve Chappell]

Cool looking building, dark history though. Sounds like a fantastic way to reuse it

[mittens (Marilyn)]

The architecture is so interesting. Great capture.

[Monique]

What a history !

[Josie Gilbert]

It's nice to know the building is being used for something acceptable.

[Margaret Brown]

A important history and nice it is being used for something much better

[Jean]

cute building. glad it's being used for something good

[katy]

I agree with @vernabeth This is beautiful architecture! I noticed your tag about the roof. That is a shame!
It would be interesting to have a conversation with you about slavery and the differences between our two countries.

[Pyrrhula]

Slavery started in 1652 ??? It started long before. The Egyptian and Roman empires was based on it.
Great shot of this nice building .

[Islandgirl]

Love the architecture!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

The beauty of this building belies what it was originally built for. I imagine those thatched roofs are hard to take care of, but tin? They should have tiled it at least!

[Shutterbug]

Beautiful architecture. Hard to imagine it being part of the slave trade.

[Nina Ganci]

I always find the slave bell interesting

[Diana]

@bkbinthecity @onewing @wakelys @monikozi @sangwann @vernabeth @marlboromaam @pdulis @kvphoto @dutchothotmailcom @marijbar @cutekitty @busylady @swchappell @mittens @momamo @josiegilbert @craftymeg @jernst1779 @grammyn @pyrrhula @olivetreeann @shutterbug49 @ninaganci Thanks for the lovely comments and favs, they are very much appreciated.

[Diana]

@marlboromaam Yes we did Mags, at the time they had an exhibition of famous Russian photographers. It was fabulous :-)
@pyrrhula I should have written here in South Africa Ferry ;-)

[Rob Z]

Such a sad history held in this very interesting building - you've shown it so well with the little hint of the interior. :)

[Pat]

A lovely building and reminder of such dark times.

[Rick]

Nice capture.

[Glover Shearron, Jr.]

@vernabeth Agreed.

[Diana]

@robz @pattyblue @rickster549 @ggshearron Thanks so much, a sad history in most parts of the world. In some it even exists today unfortunately :-)