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Pella
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±130km east of Springbok on the N7 is the turn-off to this fascinating mission station
Region: Namakwa
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Pofadder, Aggeneys |
Founded by the London Missionary Society in 1814. A sanctuary for Khoisan driven out of Namibia, the village was named after the one that gave refuge to Christians in Macedonia in biblical times. Abandoned in 1872 because of drought, the Roman Catholic Church reopened the mission in 1878.
The Old Cathedral, surrounded by date palms, has a curiously Arabian atmosphere. Using an encyclopaedia as their building manual, it took two missionaries seven years to complete.
Set on a sandy plain backed by high, sun-baked hills denuded of vegetation but vividly coloured by minerals in the soil, a spring reaches the surface, giving life to the figs, grapes and pomegranates grown at Pella. Around this source of life is a walled garden. Pella’s dates are sold in wooden boxes to mail-order customers all over South Africa. |
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4x4 Trail
Namakwa 4x4 Exploration. Tel 027 712 8035/6.Catholic Cathedral
Built over seven years by Fathers JM Simon and Leo Wolf, both of whom are buried in the church’s grounds.Pella Mission Station
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Featured Accommodation
| 1. |  | | Culture Overnight Rooms | | | Tel:(054) 971 0040 | | Guest Houses and Farms, B&B, Pella | |
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| 2. | | | Oase in die Wildernis Holiday Resort | | | Tel:(054) 971 0193 | | Guest Houses and Farms, B&B, Pella | |
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 | Faithful Missions
Through incredible sacrifice, these intrepid believers did much to ‘open up’ this thirsty land. With... read more |
  | Aggeneys | Location: SW
One hundred kilometres east of Carolusberg on the Springbok Pofadder r... read more |
 | Pofadder | Location: SE
A mission station was founded here by Reverend Christian Schröder in 1... read more |
 | Onseepkans | Location: NE
The name is either a combination of three Nama words: ‘tconsiep’ (an e... read more |
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