{"id":127306,"date":[],"date_gmt":"2025-08-13T18:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apsaidal.com\/union-buildings\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T20:19:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T18:19:54","slug":"union-buildings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apsaidal.com\/fr\/union-buildings\/","title":{"rendered":"B\u00e2timents de l\u2019Union"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"2146\" data-end=\"2684\">Dominant la colline de Meintjieskop \u00e0 Pretoria, les Union Buildings comptent parmi les monuments architecturaux et politiques les plus importants d\u2019Afrique du Sud. Con\u00e7u par l\u2019architecte britannique Sir Herbert Baker, ce complexe gouvernemental monumental fut command\u00e9 pour symboliser l\u2019unit\u00e9 de l\u2019Union sud-africaine apr\u00e8s sa cr\u00e9ation en 1910. Construit en gr\u00e8s local, l\u2019\u00e9difice d\u00e9crit un arc semi-circulaire de plus de 285 m\u00e8tres, flanqu\u00e9 de deux tours jumelles coiff\u00e9es de d\u00f4mes, repr\u00e9sentant les populations anglophones et afrikaners.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2686\" data-end=\"3239\">Le complexe int\u00e8gre des \u00e9l\u00e9ments de l\u2019architecture hollandaise du Cap, \u00e9douardienne et n\u00e9oclassique. Son agencement comprend des jardins en terrasses descendant la colline, un amphith\u00e9\u00e2tre am\u00e9nag\u00e9 dans une ancienne carri\u00e8re, et une v\u00e9g\u00e9tation indig\u00e8ne s\u00e9lectionn\u00e9e avec soin. \u00c0 l\u2019int\u00e9rieur, on trouve du stinkwood sculpt\u00e9 et du teck rhod\u00e9sien, tandis que les fa\u00e7ades pr\u00e9sentent des arcades traditionnelles et de monumentales colonnades. Plus de 1 200 ouvriers ont particip\u00e9 \u00e0 sa construction, mettant en \u0153uvre des mat\u00e9riaux et un savoir-faire r\u00e9gionaux.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3241\" data-end=\"3754\">Les Union Buildings sont non seulement le si\u00e8ge administratif de la pr\u00e9sidence sud-africaine, mais aussi un puissant symbole de r\u00e9conciliation nationale. Ils ont accueilli des moments politiques historiques, notamment l\u2019investiture du pr\u00e9sident Nelson Mandela en 1994. Les jardins abritent plusieurs monuments nationaux, dont le m\u00e9morial de la bataille de Delville Wood et une imposante statue en bronze de 9 m\u00e8tres de Mandela, inaugur\u00e9e en 2013, faisant face aux jardins les bras grands ouverts en signe d\u2019unit\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3756\" data-end=\"4116\">Bien que non inscrits sur la Liste du patrimoine mondial de l\u2019UNESCO, les lieux sont officiellement reconnus et prot\u00e9g\u00e9s par la l\u00e9gislation nationale sur le patrimoine. 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