Cape Town
Legislative capital of South AfricaCape Town is the legislative capital of South Africa. It is the country's oldest city and the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. It is the country's second-largest city, after Johannesburg, and the largest in the Western Cape. The city is part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality.
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Timeline
AI Generated- 1488Dias, the first European to reach the area, arrived and named it "Cape of Storms" (Cabo das Tormentas).
- 1497Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama recorded a sighting of the Cape of Good Hope.
- 1510At the Battle of Salt River, Portuguese admiral Francisco de Almeida and sixty-four of his men were killed and defeated.
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Cape Town City Hall
Multi-use hall in Cape Town, South Africa
Strand Street
One of the main streets in the central business district of Cape Town, South Africa
Grand Parade (Cape Town)
Public square in Cape Town, South Africa
Redoubt Duijnhoop
Historical fortification in Table Bay, South Africa
Fort de Goede Hoop
Former fortification in Cape Town
Mutual Building
Building in Cape Town, South Africa
South African Women's Open
Women's golf tournament in South Africa
Statue of Nelson Mandela, Cape Town City Hall
Statue in Cape Town, South Africa