This article is about the buildings in Pretoria, South Africa. For similar uses, see Union Building.
Union Buildings
The Union Buildings viewed from the Gardens, in the foreground is the equestrian statue of General Louis Botha.
Location within Pretoria
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Union Buildings (Gauteng)
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Union Buildings (South Africa)
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Union Buildings (Africa)
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General information
Architectural style
Neoclassicism of Italian Renaissance, with Cape Dutch and Edwardian style detail.
Town or city
Meintjieskop, Arcadia, Pretoria
Country
South Africa
Construction started
1 November 1910; 113 years ago (1910-11-01)
Completed
1913; 111 years ago (1913)
Client
South Africa
Technical details
Size
285m (length) 100m (width)[1] 60m (height)[2]
Design and construction
Architect(s)
Sir Herbert Baker
The Union Buildings (Afrikaans: 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 Meintjeskop at the northern end of Arcadia, close to historic Church Square. The large gardens of the Buildings are nestled between Government Avenue, Vermeulen Street East, Church Street, the R104 and Blackwood Street. Fairview Avenue is a closed road through which only officials can enter the Union Buildings.[3] Though not in the centre of Pretoria, the Union Buildings occupy the highest point of Pretoria, and constitute a South African national heritage site.[4][5]
The Buildings are one of the centres of political life in South Africa; "The Buildings" and "Arcadia" have become metonyms for the South African government. It has become an iconic landmark of Pretoria and South Africa in general, and is one of the most popular tourist attractions in the city and an emblem of democracy.
The Buildings are the location of presidential inaugurations.
^From back of amphitheatre to front
^From street level to top of towers
^"Union Buildings". Google Maps. Archived from the original on 9 February 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
^"Union Buildings Meintjieskop Pretoria". South African Heritage Resources Agency. Archived from the original on 29 May 2011. Retrieved 27 February 2009.
^"Union Buildings Declared a National Heritage Site". Eyewitness News. 16 December 2013. Archived from the original on 11 July 2018. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
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