Montage Monday: Bo Kaap, Cape Town

// August 16th, 2010 // Photo of the Week, South Africa

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Bo Kaap is a neighborhood on the edge of Cape Town’s city center and is known for it’s colorful, semi-detached houses. Bo Kaap’s residents are largely descendants of slaves that were imported by the Dutch in the 1700s from Malaysia, Sri Lanka, and Indonesia. Because of this, the neighborhood is mostly Muslim and has colorful mosques as well.

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3 Responses to “Montage Monday: Bo Kaap, Cape Town”

Andi says:

August 16, 2010 at 10:02 am

Love it! There seems to always be a very colorful section of homes wherever I travel.
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sofia - as we travel says:

August 16, 2010 at 2:37 pm

wow, what vibrant colors! I want THAT for my future house!

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- Laura says:
  
  August 16, 2010 at 2:39 pm
  
  Sofia,
  There is an entire neighborhood of these charming and vibrantly painted houses. I’m sure you can find one for sale ;)
  
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