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    Do not expect to find on Robben Island beaches, prehistoric sites, or even a sample of the ancient history of native South Africans. You will not find any of them. In fact, Robben Island, with an area of only 5 square kilometers, it seems, rather, a place forgotten by the world, desert and dominated by huge and famous political prison where they were imprisoned most bitter opponents of Dutch colonialism. This is, in fact, the island's tourist attraction. It must be said that here on Robben Island, famous among other prisoners and even brought in the Dutch colonies in Indonesia, has been closed for decades best color former president of South Africa, Nelson Mandela. Now it is included in the UNESCO patrimony and represents the symbol of a free South Africa. 

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