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Robben Island Museum


Postal address:
Private Bag Robben Island Cape Town 7400

Area: Robben Island
City: Cape Town
Province: Western Cape
Postal code: 7400
Country: South Africa

Phone: +27 (0)21 409 5100
Fax: +27 (0)21 4111 059

Internetwww.robben-island.org.za


Description

From the 17th to the 20th centuries, Robben Island served as a place of banishment, isolation and imprisonment. Today it is a World Heritage Site and museum, a poignant reminder to the newly democratic South Africa of the price paid for freedom.

(Source: www.robben-island.org.za)



Category: Museum
Keywords: Politics; Prisons
Ref ID: 89

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