What is Oranjezicht?
Oranjezicht is a suburb in the City Bowl area of Cape Town, South Africa.
Where Is Oranjezicht In Cape Town South Africa?
Oranjezicht is a suburb in the City Bowl area of Cape Town, South Africa. It was built on the site of the old Oranjezicht farm, which used to
stretch at least as far as the Mount Nelson Hotel and supplied the Castle of Good Hope with fresh produce.
What is the history of Oranjezicht Cape Town?
In 1708, Nicolaus Laubscher (1651–1721), who had immigrated in the 1670s from the Swiss canton of Fribourg, bought a property on the slopes
of Table Mountain that he called “Oranjezicht” because of the good view from there of the Oranje (Orange) bastion of the Castle.