The Rhodes Memorial is a granite Greek-revival temple on the eastern slopes of Devil's Peak, completed in 1912 in memory of Cecil John Rhodes — diamond magnate, Cape colony prime minister, and an increasingly contested historical figure. The design, by Herbert Baker, draws on the Temple of Segesta in Sicily, with eight Doric columns and a long flight of stairs guarded by sculpted bronze lions.
The memorial sits above the University of Cape Town campus, with a long view east across the Cape Flats. The on-site Rhodes Memorial Restaurant is a popular brunch spot, and the area is the start of several hiking paths up Devil's Peak. The site, like Rhodes himself, has been the focus of protest — most notably the 2015 Rhodes Must Fall movement — and provokes more debate than admiration today.