Dias Cross Memorial

The Dias Cross Memorial is a provincial heritage site at Kwaaihoek, Alexandria in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.^[1]

In 1945 it was described in the Government Gazette as:

A minor road turns sharply off to the right from the main road that leads from Alexandria to Bushman’s River Mouth; it passes Boknes and comes to an end near the coast. About a kilometre further east from the end of the road, beyond the sand dunes, lies Kwaaihoek, also known as False Island, a high promontory that juts out towards the sea. On top of the headland that extends the furthest Bartholomew Diaz, the famous Portuguese navigator and discoverer of the Cape, erected a cross or padrao on 12th March, 1488. A replica of the cross has been erected on the same bleak, exposed spot.

— Government Gazette of South Africa, ^[1]

The remains of the original cross erected by Bartolomeu Dias are located at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg.^[2]

References

1. "Dias Cross Memorial Kwaaihoek Alexandria District, Item: 21242". South African Heritage Resource Agency. Archived from the original on 19 February 2012. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
2. "Dias Cross University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, Item: 30092". South African Heritage Resource Agency. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 21 March 2012.

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