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Heritage iStock-forgiss occurred here nor did any kingdoms thrive here. What gave rise to this mysterious cluster of castles watching over this almost private little beach, was rather a family’s spirit of pure fun, wild imagination and carefree holidays and the castles are mere holiday homes. did exactly that. Upon completion his holiday home became known simply as ‘The Castle’. The trend caught on and soon more followed and today there are a number of ‘castles’ here. All but one of the six castles are available for vacation rentals, while functions such as weddings are also hosted here. Noetzie, derived from the Khoi word Noetziekamma meaning place of dark water, started out as a holiday destination for families from Knysna, Oudtshoorn and elsewhere. Long before the construction of the steep, winding road that could take motor vehicles to the bottom, those seeking a quiet retreat would come here on their horse-drawn carts and make their way to the simple seaside huts and camping grounds below. Later people started building more permanent structures and eventually the cluster of castles would arise. The earliest written reference to Noetzie was made on the 4th March 1786 by adventurer and captain of the Dutch East India Company Colonal Robert Jacob Gordon. However, archaeological excavations of the Noetzie midden show that Noetzie has been a popular destination for the last 3,500 years. The oldest castle, at the end of the beach, was built in 1930 as a holiday house by Herbert Stephen Henderson, who lived in what was then Southern Rhodesia. Building with local stone, Henderson had no intention of building a ‘castle’, but when a friend who was watching the building, jokingly said, “All you need to do is to add a few turrets and you’ll have a castle”, he The Count’s castle Over the years many other ‘castles’ have been built in South Africa, such as the Casa Labia in Muizenberg, Cape Town. This grand old mansion was built by genuine royalty, the Italian Count Natale Labia. He and his wife Ida, daughter of the mining pioneer Sir J.B. Robinson whom the count married in 1921, built Casa Labia both as a family home and to serve as the Italian Legation. It was to be a Cape version of the Palazzo Labia in Venice. It remained in the family who restored this much-loved national monument. It opened to the public on 5 May 2010 as South Africa’s most exquisite multi-functional cultural centre. Another truly authentic castle is the Litchtenstein Castle perched high up on Karbonkelberg Mountain in Hout Bay, and which is based on the original Gothic Schloss Lichtenstein Castle in southern Germany. Once a residence, this magnificent castle can now be hired as accommodation and for events. Such then is the story of South Africa’s castles and palaces. But then again, every person’s home is of course their own personal castle. 94 |ISSUE 16|www.mzanzitravel.co.za | MZANZITRAVEL
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