Sites and monuments in Botswana

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{more citations needed|date=June 2013}}

Botswana's most popular landmarks range from a group of large baobab trees to giant-size footprints fossilized in the rock. Other natural attractions include expanses of salt flats, the Kalahari Desert and some very beautiful mountains.

{{Botswana Monument header}}

{{Botswana Monument row

| id =

| name = Mamuno Monument

| alternative_names = Kangumene Rock Engravings

| gazette = 2006{{sfn|Thebe|2011|p=152}}

| original_function = Three rock engraving sites, with art works and engravings

| built =

| location = {{convert|750|m|ft}} from the international border post at Mamuno

| address = Ghanzi District

| comment = There are footprints, geometrical designs and weapons. The art found at the Mamuno sites is distinct from the Shamanistic form found in eastern Botswana.

| lat = -22.281250

| lon = 20.007680

| image =

}}

{{Botswana Monument row

| id =

| name = Gcwihaba Caves

| alternative_names = Rotsky's Caves

| gazette =

| original_function = The caves are imbued with myth, legend and spiritual significance for local communities, which also use them for income generating activities.

| built =

| location = North West Botswana in the Ngamiland District.{{cite web |title=Gcwihaba Caves |url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5558/ |publisher=UNESCO |accessdate=26 September 2020}}

| address =

| comment =

| lat =-20.0230

| lon = 21.3552

| image =

}}

{{Botswana Monument row

| id =

| name = Domboshaba

| alternative_names =

| gazette =

| original_function = It was occupied towards the end of the Great Zimbabwe period (1250-1450AD). It was a regional centre in the Khami phase (1450-1690AD)

| built =

| location = Northeast District

| address =

| comment =

| lat =-20.6667

| lon = 27.4167

| image =Dm2.jpg

}}

{{Botswana Monument row

| id =

| name = Old Palapye

| alternative_names =

| gazette =

| original_function = Has the remains of the Ngwato capital, which was established there in 1889, during the reign of the famous Kgosi Khama III

| built =

| location = Tswapong area in Eastern Botswana.

| address =

| comment = It was one of the largest towns in Southern Africa in 1889, with about 30000 inhabitants

| lat = -22.5667

| lon = 27.3000

| image =

}}

{{Botswana Monument row

| id =

| name = Kolobeng

| alternative_names =

| gazette =

| original_function = One of the early churches and formal schools in Botswana

| built =

| location = Kweneng District

| address =

| comment = First western medical doctor practiced here

| lat = -24.6544

| lon = 25.6654

| image =

}}

{{Botswana Monument row

| id =

| name = Majojo

| alternative_names =

| gazette =

| original_function = Residence of a chief or "Kgosi", between 1300-1650AD

| built =

| location = Central District.

| address =

| comment =

| lat =

| lon =

| image =

}}

{{Botswana Monument row

| id =

| name = Matsieng

| alternative_names = Creation Sites

| gazette =

| original_function =

| built =

| location = Kgatleng District, near Rasesa village

| address =

| comment =

| lat =

| lon =

| image =

}}

{{Botswana Monument row

| id =

| name = Tsodilo Hills

| alternative_names =

| gazette =

| original_function =

| built =

| county =

| location = NorthWest

| address =

| comment = There are certain myths revolving around the history of these hills.

| lat =

| lon =

| image =

}}

|}

References

Sources

  • {{cite journal |last1=Thebe |first1=Phenyo Churchill |title=Contract Archaeology in Botswana: The Case of the Botswana Development Corporation Lodge Project at Mamuno |journal=Botswana Notes and Records |date=2011 |volume=43 |pages=151{{ndash}}164 |jstor=23237963 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/23237963 |accessdate=26 September 2020 }}

Category:Monuments and memorials in Botswana