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  2. Breakwater Lodge - Wikipedia

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    The Breakwater Lodge in the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, Cape Town, South Africa was built as a prison in 1859. It is now part of the University of Cape Town and a hotel. The original prison was built in 1859 for convicts from Britain at the suggestion of John Montagu who was the colonial secretary to the Cape of Good Hope from 1843 to 1852.

  3. List of heritage sites in Cape Town CBD and the Waterfront

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    This is a list of the heritage sites in Cape Town's CBD, the Waterfront, and the Bo-Kaap as recognized by the South African Heritage Resources Agency. [1] [2]For additional provincial heritage sites declared by Heritage Western Cape, the provincial heritage resources authority of the Western Cape Province of South Africa, please see the entries at the end of the list.

  4. V&A Waterfront - Wikipedia

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    The V&A Waterfront is a central part of the very beginning of the settlement of the city of Cape Town. [14] In 1654, two years after his arrival in this relatively safe bay at the foot of Table Mountain, Jan van Riebeeck built a small jetty as part of his task to establish a refreshment station at the Cape. [14]

  5. Mouille Point - Wikipedia

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    Mouille Point ("Mu-lee") is an affluent suburb of Cape Town, situated between the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront and Granger Bay to the east, Green Point to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west. The suburb hugs the coastline and is dominated by high-end apartment blocks.

  6. Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa - Wikipedia

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    Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Zeitz MOCAA) is a public non-profit museum in Cape Town, South Africa. Zeitz MOCAA opened on September 22, 2017 [1] as the largest museum of contemporary art from Africa and its diaspora. [2] The museum is located in the Silo District at the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront in Cape Town. A retail and ...

  7. Cape Town International Convention Centre - Wikipedia

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    The centre takes up approximately 6.1 ha (15 acres) on the city's Foreshore and is within easy reach of the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront, major hotels and the rest of the city centre. The CTICC is served by the Westin Grand Hotel located on the same premises in the north-western corner, and is situated close to the city centre.

  8. Chavonnes Battery - Wikipedia

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    Opposite Robben Island ferry departure. The battery was one of the coastal fortifications of the Cape Peninsula linked to the Castle of Good Hope. [1] It was built in 1714–1725 by the Dutch East India Company, [2] and named after its originator, Maurits Pasques de Chavonnes, who was the governor of the Cape Colony.

  9. Portside Tower - Wikipedia

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    Portside is a 139-metre-tall (456 ft) building in Cape Town, South Africa.Completed in 2014, it is the city's tallest building [3] and, at the time of completion, was Cape Town's first significant skyscraper developed in the central business district (CBD) in 15 years.