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Huguenot MonumentThe Huguenot Monument in Franschoek, South Africa, is dedicated to the cultural influences that French Huguenots have brought to the Cape Colony (and ultimately the whole of South Africa) after their immigration during the 17th and 18th centuries. The monument itself is made up of four pillars joined with arches at the top, with a sun extending high above. In front of the pillars is a globe on which a woman stands. This is surrounded by a semisircular collonade. The Memorial Museum elaborates on the history of the French Huguenots who settled in the Cape, and especially in the Franschoek valley. On exhibition are the various tools they used to make wine, clothes they wore and the culture and desire for a better life that they brought with them. Also on the site are wine-cellars joined by a colonnade, which bears the words Post tenebras lux (lit. "after darkness comes light"). It was the motto of the Protestants during the Reformation, and is inscribed on the Reformer's Wall in downtown Geneva. External links
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