Van Reenen Waychapel
Posted by: ThePacman
S 28° 22.596 E 029° 22.713
35J E 733083 N 6858778
The Llandoff Oratory, situated in Van Reenen on the N3 national road between Johannesburg and Durban, is the smallest church in the southern hemisphere.
Waymark Code: WMNYV4
Location: Kwazulu Natal, South Africa
Date Posted: 05/25/2015
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This Catholic church is a Heritage Landmark (a national monument). It was built by Maynard Mathews as a memorial to his son Llandaff Mathews who died while saving the lives of eight colleagues at the Burnside Colliery mine on 19 March 1925.
The oratory seats just eight people - reflecting the number of people Llandaff saved in the mine accident. It was based on a design of the Cardiff Cathedral in Wales.