National Library of South Africa

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Facing the north end of the Public Garden, this neoclassical building is based on the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, UK, and holds a copy of nearly every document published in South Africa. Exhibitions are held here; enter to admire the central rotunda.

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