Huguenot Tunnel
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The Huguenot Tunnel is a toll tunnel near Cape Town, South Africa. It extends the N1 national road through the Du Toitskloof mountains, which separate Paarl from Worcester, providing a route that is s
North entrance to the Huguenot Tunnel
View of new road into Huguenot Tunnel
Huguenots in South Africa
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Many people of European heritage in South Africa are descended from Huguenots. The Huguenots were French Protestants who belonged to the Calvinist Reformed Church, established in 1550. After facing pe
Huguenot Tunnel
…surveys and design started in 1973, and excavation followed in 1984, tunneling from both ends using drilling and blasting. The tunnel was named after the French Huguenot refugees that settled in the area in the late 1600s with one of the Huguenot refugees being Francois Du Toit, after whom Du Toitskloof was named. The…
Commemorating 300 years of Huguenot history in South Africa
Huguenots building their homesteads
Franschhoek Valley
Surnames of Huguenot Families on the Huguenot Memorial in the Johannesburg Botanical Garden