{"id":15942,"date":"2022-10-09T09:27:04","date_gmt":"2022-10-09T12:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gabrielpaladino.com\/?p=15942"},"modified":"2025-09-15T12:07:35","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T15:07:35","slug":"the-three-rondavels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pelecyphora.ddns.net:60123\/GabrielPaladino.com\/2022\/10\/09\/the-three-rondavels\/","title":{"rendered":"The Three Rondavels"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52414327682_2bfaf2929f_k.jpg\"><p><\/p>\n<div>The <b>Three Rondavels<\/b> are three round mountain tops with slightly pointed tops, very similar to the traditional round or oval African homesteads made with local materials called rondavels. Once known as <b>The chief and his three wives<\/b> \u2013 the flat-topped peak represented <b>Mapjaneng<\/b>, famous for opposing invading Swazis in a memorable battle is on the right, whilst the rondavels are three of his more troublesome wives \u2013 <b>Magabolle, Mogoladikwe and Maseroto<\/b>.<p><\/p>\n<p>Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve, Mpumalanga, South Africa.<\/p>\n<p><b>Previously unpublished photos from my trip to RSA in 2018<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Photo Taken: March 13, 2018<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/2nRF8wS\">High resolution<\/a><br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/gabouruguay-collection\/\">Flickr Gallery<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>Did you like this post?<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Three Rondavels are three round mountain tops with slightly pointed tops, very similar to the traditional round or oval African homesteads made with local materials called rondavels. Once known as The chief and his three wives \u2013 the flat-topped peak represented Mapjaneng, famous for opposing invading Swazis in a memorable battle is on the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[16,285,286,1455,1705,1706,1707,2380,2386,3075,3185,5072,5092,5355,5356,5803,7297,7850,8000,8114,8440,8537,8525,8629,8633,8644,8863,8867,8871,9122,9539,9879,9898,11240,11256,11261,11278,11291,11352,12078,12207,12615,12705,13026,13279,14768,13918],"class_list":["post-15942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-related-posts","tag-travel","tag-afrique","tag-afriquedusud","tag-beauty","tag-blyde","tag-blyderivercanyon","tag-blyderivercanyonnaturereserve","tag-canon","tag-canyon","tag-ciel","tag-clouds","tag-flattopped","tag-flickr","tag-gabrielpaladinocom","tag-gabrielpaladinoibanez","tag-graskop","tag-landscape","tag-magabolle","tag-mapjaneng","tag-maseroto","tag-mogoladikwe","tag-montagnes","tag-montana","tag-mountain","tag-mountains","tag-mpumalanga","tag-natural","tag-naturaleza","tag-nature","tag-nuages","tag-paisaje","tag-paysage","tag-peak","tag-rioblyde","tag-river","tag-riviere","tag-rocas","tag-rocks","tag-rondavel","tag-sky","tag-southafrica","tag-sudafrica","tag-swazis","tag-threerondavels","tag-transvaal","tag-updated","tag-voyage","has-post-thumbnail"],"tags_input":"#travel,afrique,afriquedusud,beauty,blyde,blyderivercanyon,blyderivercanyonnaturereserve,canon,canyon,ciel,clouds,flattopped,Flickr,gabrielpaladinocom,gabrielpaladinoiba\u00f1ez,graskop,landscape,magabolle,mapjaneng,maseroto,mogoladikwe,montagnes,monta\u00f1a,mountain,mountains,mpumalanga,natural,naturaleza,nature,nuages,paisaje,paysage,peak,rioblyde,river,rivi\u00e9re,rocas,rocks,rondavel,sky,southafrica,Sudafrica,swazis,threerondavels,transvaal,Updated,voyage","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phjlBv-498","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1126,"url":"http:\/\/pelecyphora.ddns.net:60123\/GabrielPaladino.com\/2018\/03\/23\/chapmans-peak-drive\/","url_meta":{"origin":15942,"position":0},"title":"Chapman\u2019s Peak Drive","author":"Gabriel Paladino Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez","date":"March 23, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"The Sentinel peak (or Hangberg), Hout Bay, Harbour Heights and surrounding areas. 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