An imposing, architecturally magnificent building, dominating a whole block in the centre of the city.

Situated at the corner of Aliwal Street and Victoria Embankment. The clock was installed in Point Road in 1887 to commemorate Vasco Da Gama's first sighting of Durban on Christmas eve 1497.

Situated at the corner of Gardiner Street and Victoria Embankment. The statue depicts Natal's hero who, on his horse Somerset, rode a gruelling 960 kilometres to Grahamstown, over a 10 day period, to obtain military assistance for the besieged British troops at Durban's Old Fort.

The internationally acclaimed opera soprano Perla Siedle Gibson lifted the spirits of millions of Allied servicemen as they passed through the South African port of Durban by singing popular and patriotic songs to them. Her statute is located on the Durban quayside.

One of Durban's most historic landmarks where the beleaguered British troops were beseiged by the Boer forces in 1842.

Situated on the Victoria Embankment, it commemorates the heroic journey of a 14 year old boy, John Ross, accompanied by a Zulu contingent, who travelled on foot through inhospitable territory and swollen rivers to obtain medical supplies for settlers in Durban.

Positioned along a scenic 2.7km paved promenade at Umhlanga.

This was the first Durban Town Hall in the centre of Durban and was later converted to the main Post Office.

John Langalibalele Dube, politician, humanitarian and educationist was buried here in 1946. He was the first president of the African National Congress and it was not far from his grave that President Mandela cast his vote in the first democratic election of 1994.

This square has more monuments in it than any other square in South Africa. The imposing cenotoph commemorates the brave soldiers who fell during World War One.