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Art Museum Attractions In Zimbabwe

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Zimbabwe , officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in southern Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa, Botswana, Zambia and Mozambique. The capital and largest city is Harare. A country of roughly 16 million people, Zimbabwe has 16 official languages, with English, Shona, and Ndebele the most commonly used. Since the 11th century, present-day Zimbabwe has been the site of several organised states and kingdoms as well as a major route for migration and trade. The British South Africa Company of Cecil Rhodes first demarcated the present territory during the 1890s; it became the self-governing...
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Art Museum Attractions In Zimbabwe

  • 1. Bulawayo National Gallery of Zimbabwe Bulawayo
    Bulawayo is the second-largest city in Zimbabwe after the capital Harare, with a population of 653,337 as of the 2012 census. It is in Matabeleland, 439 km southwest of Harare, and is now treated as a separate provincial area from Matabeleland. The capital of Matabeleland North is now Lupane, as Bulawayo is a metropolitan province. Colloquially Bulawayo is known by other names: City of Kings, Skies, Bluez, or Ntuthu ziyathunqa — a Ndebele phrase for smoke arising. This name arose from the city's historically large industrial base and specifically draws from the large cooling towers of the coal powered electricity generating plant situated in the city centre that once used to billow steam and smoke over the city. The majority of Bulawayo's population belongs to the Ndebele ethnic and lang...
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  • 2. Chapungu Sculpture Park Harare
    The Chapungu Sculpture Park is a sculpture park in Msasa, Harare, Zimbabwe, which displays the work of Zimbabwean stone sculptors. It was founded in 1970 by Roy Guthrie, who was instrumental in promoting the work of its sculptors worldwide. One way this was done was by exhibiting the sculptures in Botanical Gardens in a touring exhibition called Chapungu: Custom and Legend — A Culture in Stone. The places visited include: Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, Cape Town, South Africa Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, London, United Kingdom, Missouri Botanical Garden, St Louis, USA Boyce Thompson Arboretum State Park, Superior, USA Red Butte Garden and Arboretum, Salt Lake City, USA Garfield Park Conservatory, Chicago, USA Chicago Botanic Garden, Chicago USA Denver Botanic Gardens, Denver, U...
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