Shortly before his death in 1984, Italo Calvino assembled thirty-eight essays in his Collections of Sand (Collezione di Sabbia). One section of essays was labelled ‘The Traveller in the Map’ (Il viandante nella mappa). Calvino described his notion of a cartographic odyssey:
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Parallel experiences and narratives in the histories of South Africa and of Ireland, and the ways in which the stories of pain and of hope are shared by storytellers who guide visitors in museums and heritage sites in each context, make for an important and timely comparison. The authors reflect, in the closing pages of this book, on the relevance of museums in the twenty-first century.
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Built as a parsonage for the Dutch Reformed Church minister in approximately 1914, it was a building of status with good stone foundations, wooden floors and ceilings and sash windows. Architecturally built in the Zuid Afrikaner style, it was simple with few embellishments. The building also served as a police station from 1938 to 1948, then a private residence, and now a restaurant.