Land-en-Zeezicht is a neighborhood of Somerset West, a suburb of Cape Town, in the Western Cape, South Africa. It was originally part of the historic Vergelegen wine estate. In 1914, Hendrik Hendriksz came into possession of the area known as Land-en-Zeezicht, building his mansion on Verster Avenue. Two of his daughters, Alida and later Johanna, married Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr (Onze Jan) in that house. His family and descendants lived until 1947 and again from 1951 to 1971 on the farm. Gradually, the farm area urbanized. The Polish Zamoyski counts began restoring the mansion in 1981, and in 1985, the mansion was declared a historical site, SAHRA file 9/2/083/0018 [1]

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  1. ↑ Western Cape Provincial Heritage Sites (previously National Monuments), page 42 (SAHRA file 9/2/083/00) Accessed July 10, 2019.


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