Imagine the heat in the summer, the bitter cold in the winter, and Mandela going out to quarry stone, the burning white light reflecting off the limestone permanently and deeply injuring his sight.

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Touches such as earthy limestone, wooden archways, and black and white photos of Italian streetscapes will set the tone of the dining room.

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Stonework on the building was damaged by a 1977 sand-blasting which, while it turned a black building white, also took off the limestone's protective facing, swiftly turning it grey again.

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Remember that while these sites are a drab limestone grey today, history was never in black and white, and in fact, most historians say the buildings were painted in brilliant reds, blues and whites.

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In the distance, limestone pillars spiral skywards, their pinnacles cloaked in cloud, and white mist drifts off the fields.

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The coral turns white when it expels the minute organisms that live within its hard limestone core.

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