Constitution Hill

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former prison complex heritage precinct historic site museum complex tourist attraction

Constitution Hill is a historic site in Johannesburg, South Africa, that now serves as a human rights precinct and home to the country’s Constitutional Court, built on the grounds of a former prison complex.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Constitution Hill canonical	6
Constitution Hill Museum	1
Constitution Hill, Johannesburg	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former prison complex ⓘ heritage precinct ⓘ historic site ⓘ museum complex ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
city	Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ surface form: Johannesburg
continent	Africa ⓘ
country	South Africa ⓘ
formerUse	apartheid-era prison ⓘ colonial prison ⓘ military fort ⓘ
hasPart	Awaiting Trial Block ⓘ Constitution Hill self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Constitution Hill Museum Constitution Square ⓘ Constitutional Court Art Collection ⓘ Constitutional Court of South Africa ⓘ Flame of Democracy ⓘ Great African Steps ⓘ Number Four Prison ⓘ Old Fort Prison complex ⓘ surface form: Old Fort Prison Women’s Jail ⓘ
hasPrisoner	Albertina Sisulu ⓘ Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ Nelson Mandela ⓘ Robert Sobukwe ⓘ Winnie Mandela ⓘ surface form: Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
hasView	Johannesburg skyline ⓘ
heritageStatus	provincial heritage site ⓘ
houses	Constitutional Court of South Africa ⓘ
knownFor	detention of political prisoners ⓘ exhibitions on apartheid and human rights ⓘ role in South African human rights history ⓘ site of the Constitutional Court of South Africa ⓘ
locatedIn	Braamfontein ⓘ Gauteng ⓘ Johannesburg, South Africa ⓘ surface form: Johannesburg
openToPublic	true ⓘ
operator	Constitution Hill Development Company ⓘ
overlooks	Johannesburg CBD ⓘ surface form: Johannesburg city centre
region	Gauteng ⓘ surface form: Gauteng Province
significance	seat of the highest court on constitutional matters in South Africa ⓘ symbol of South Africa’s transition from repression to democracy ⓘ
theme	constitutionalism ⓘ democracy ⓘ human rights ⓘ
usedAs	cultural venue ⓘ human rights precinct ⓘ memorial site ⓘ public education space ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Constitutional Court of South Africa → locatedIn → Constitution Hill ⓘ

Constitution Hill → hasPart → Constitution Hill self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Constitution Hill Museum

Chief Justice of South Africa → officeLocation → Constitution Hill ⓘ

this entity surface form: Constitution Hill, Johannesburg

Old Fort Prison complex → partOf → Constitution Hill ⓘ

ConCourt → seat → Constitution Hill ⓘ

Braamfontein → hasLandmark → Constitution Hill ⓘ

Marine Terrace → hasView → Constitution Hill ⓘ

Quadriga of Peace → locatedNear → Constitution Hill ⓘ