The Johannesburg South Africa Temple is the 36th operating temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Mormon Church leaders announced the building of a Temple in Parktown, Johannesburg, South Africa in April 1981. Groundbreaking took place on November 27, 1982. Enormous effort put into preserving the area's historical value. Once the site of estates built by nineteenth-century mining magnates and financiers, the area around the te...
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The Johannesburg South Africa Temple is the 36th operating temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Mormon Church leaders announced the building of a Temple in Parktown, Johannesburg, South Africa in April 1981. Groundbreaking took place on November 27, 1982. Enormous effort put into preserving the area's historical value. Once the site of estates built by nineteenth-century mining magnates and financiers, the area around the temple now features hospitals, office buildings, and schools, many of which are housed in mansions from the Victorian era.
The Temple is visible from many parts of the city with its six spires reaching into the sky. The edges of the building are finished with tiered layers of face brick, immaculately fitted together, giving it an elegance and distinctiveness. A gray slate roof and indigenous quartzite for the temple's perimeter walls and entrance archways, allow the building to suitably fit in with the historic buildings nearby.
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