Roots of the Karoo house
The Karoo house endures because it belongs so completely to its environment.
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These buildings represent the ambitions of yesteryear, its economic development and cultural change. They capture a period when Karoo towns looked outward to embrace new ideas while holding fast to their local identities.
The great captaincy that once ruled in the Central Karoo
The legacy of the forgotten Griqua state is still embedded in the region's historical memory. Every journey through Philippolis is also a journey through the capital of a nation once at the centre of southern Africa's changing frontier.
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