Victoria & Alfred Waterfront - Cape Town, South Africa
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S 33° 54.398 E 018° 25.185
34H E 261428 N 6245198
The Victoria & Alfred Waterfront is named after Queen Victoria and her second son, Prince Alfred, who commissioned the construction of the Port of Cape Town in 1860. The first basin was named after prince Alfred, the second after his mother.
Waymark Code: WMJMN4
Location: Western Cape, South Africa
Date Posted: 12/05/2013
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THE PLACE:The Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, commonly called V&A Waterfront, in the historic heart of Cape Town's working harbour is South Africa's most-visited destination, having the highest rate of foreign tourists of any attraction in the country.
The V&A Waterfront is home to a myriad of shopping, dining and entertainment venues. One can find many interesting museums and historical sights, set against the very definition of Cape Town - Table Mountain and Robben Island.
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THE PERSONS: Queen Victoria (1819–1901) was the monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death. From 1 May 1876, she used the additional title of Empress of India. (
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Prince Alfred (1844–1900) was the second son and fourth child of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. He was known as Duke of Edinburgh from 1866 until he succeeded his paternal uncle Ernest II as the reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in the German Empire. (
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Our 10 pictures show helicopter and boat views of the V&A Waterfront as well as on the site views. Among them are: the omnipresent Table Mountain, the Table Bay hotel, the Victoria basin, the observation wheel, the historic clock tower and Nobel Square dedicated to South Africa’s four Nobel Peace Prize laureates: Albert Luthuli, Desmond Tutu, Frederik Willem de Klerk and Nelson Mandela.
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