Arcadia is a suburb in
Pretoria
Pretoria () is South Africa's administrative capital, serving as the seat of the executive branch of government, and as the host to all foreign embassies to South Africa.
Pretoria straddles the Apies River and extends eastward into the foot ...
,
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the ...
that is known for its historical buildings,
embassies
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and hotels. The
Union Buildings
The Union Buildings ( af, Uniegebou) form the official seat of the South African Government and also house the offices of the President of South Africa. The imposing buildings are located in Pretoria, atop Meintjieskop at the northern end of ...
[Standard Encyclopaedia of Southern Africa vol.7] and the
President's residence are also situated here.
History
The land on which the suburb lies had the name originally and so it remained after the land was surveyed in 1857/58 by AF du Toit.
Geography
It is immediately east of the Pretoria CBD. The main thoroughfare is Park Street. Landmarks on Park Street are
The Pretoria Art Museum in its
Mid-Century Modernist building,
The Gerard Moerdyk Restaurant which serves traditional
colonial
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Architecture
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* French Colonial
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Automobiles
* Colonial (1920 au ...
African fare in a house built in 1920 by this famous
architect
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, as well as
Loftus Versfeld Stadium where local and international
rugby
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Sport
* Rugby football in many forms:
** Rugby league: 13 players per side
*** Masters Rugby League
*** Mod league
*** Rugby league nines
*** Rugby league sevens
*** Touch (sport)
*** Wheelchair rugby league
** Rugby union: 1 ...
and
soccer matches are played.
Education
The Ecole
Miriam Makeba
Zenzile Miriam Makeba (4 March 1932 – 9 November 2008), nicknamed Mama Africa, was a South African singer, songwriter, actress, and civil rights activist. Associated with musical genres including Afropop, jazz, and world music, she w ...
, a campus of the
Lycée Jules Verne French international school, is in Arcadia.
[Contact and access map]
." Lycée Jules Verne. Retrieved on 18 January 2015. "Ecole Miriam Makeba 816 - 818 George Avenue Corner George & Eastwood, Eastwood – Arcadia, Pretoria" The
University of Pretoria
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is also near Arcadia. High schools in the area include
Pretoria High School for Girls
Pretoria High School for Girls (Simply often known as PHSG), is a full-government, fee-charging, English-medium high school for girls located in Hatfield, Pretoria in the Gauteng province of South Africa. It is the sister school to Pretoria Boy ...
,
Pretoria Boys High School
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Afrikaanse Hoër Meisieskool
Afrikaanse Hoër Meisieskool Pretoria (Colloquially known as Meisies Hoër) is a public, Afrikaans medium high school for girls situated in the suburb of Clydesdale in Pretoria in the Gauteng province of South Africa. It is the sister school o ...
,
Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool
Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool (also known as Affies), is a public Afrikaans medium high school for boys situated in the suburb of Elandspoort in Pretoria in the Gauteng province of South Africa. The school was founded in 1920 by Jan Joubert and ...
and Pretoria Technical High School.
References
Suburbs of Pretoria
Diplomatic districts
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