Pictures: Glimpse of lasting grandeur

Hidden Cape Town by Paul Duncan and Alain Proust

Hidden Cape Town by Paul Duncan and Alain Proust

Decorative: the organ pipes of the NG Kerk Tafelberg in Buitenkant Street. The organ was installed in 1892.

Soaring: part of Sir Herbert Baker's St George's Cathedral in Wale Street. It is built mainly of Table Mountain quartzite.

Also called St George's Cathedral, the church was built in 1904, but the frescoes were done as recently as the 1990s by Father Nikolai and two assistants.

Blessing: The sanctuary behind the altar in the Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Woodstock is dominated by a fresco of the Madonna and Child.

Panorama: One of the frescoes in the Old Mutual Building's Assembly Room. At the top of the picture note the Union Castle ship, the City Hall and Groote Kerk spires.

Stylish: The art deco shop front of Muller's Optometrist in Longmarket Street dates back to around 1920.