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Fauresmith is located 130 km south west of Bloemfontein, South Africa. The town, named after Rev Phillip Faure and Sir Harry Smith, is the second oldest town in the Free State. Fauresmith is the only town in South Africa, and one of only three in the world, where the railway line runs down the centre of the main road.
This is the legendary Fauresmith endurance ride, the highlight of the South African endurance horse-riding calendar. Every year in July, endurance horse riders descend on the Free State town of Fauresmith for this 201km marathon, known as the Fauresmith 200.
French wire crafts from Glaasstudio in Jagersfontein. The small town of Fauresmith in the Free State boasts 2 main attractions: an old locomotive that used to run through the town and the International Endurance Race, a 200km horse race over 3 days.
Fauresmith is the only town in South Africa, and one of 3 in the world, where the railway line runs down the centre of the main road. It is situated on the R704 and is 130km south west of Bloemfontein. Today, Fauresmith is a potato and lucerne farming town and is well known for its equestrian show.
Situated on the R704, Fauresmith is the second oldest town in the Free State and derives its name from the Rev Phillip Faure of the Dutch Reformed Church in the Cape Colony and then governor of the Colony, Sir Harry Smith who played a distinctive role in the early history of South Africa (1819-1834). Two years prior to the founding of ...
Fauresmith is a small horseshoe shaped town in the Motheo and Xhariep region of the Free State Province, South Africa. Its name is a combination of the surnames of Reverent Philip Faure and Sir Harry Smith.
Fauresmith lies in what is known as the False Karoo in the southern part of the Free State, a little town that serves as a centre for the local lucerne and potato farming community, and apparently one of only a few towns in the world where the railroad joins the main traffic road, right on the edge of town, whereafter they converge through the c...
