{"id":1385,"date":"2018-04-01T23:52:34","date_gmt":"2018-04-02T02:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gabrielpaladinophoto.wordpress.com\/?p=1385"},"modified":"2025-09-15T11:56:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T14:56:11","slug":"the-port-captains-office-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pelecyphora.ddns.net:60123\/GabrielPaladino.com\/2018\/04\/01\/the-port-captains-office-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Port Captain&#8217;s Office"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img src='https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/877\/40459773894_d599c102dd_b.jpg'><\/p>\n<div>The clock tower at Victoria &amp; Alfred Waterfront was the original Port Captain&#8217;s Office, built in 1882.<\/p>\n<p>V&amp;A Waterfront, Cape Town, South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>via Flickr https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/24DhVbw<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The clock tower at Victoria &amp; Alfred Waterfront was the original Port Captain&#8217;s Office, built in 1882. V&amp;A Waterfront, Cape Town, South Africa. via Flickr https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/24DhVbw<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[50,264,2423,3122,3171,5759,6105,9247,10565,10776,12207,12615,14768,13719,13815,13817,13975],"class_list":["post-1385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-related-posts","tag-50","tag-africa","tag-capetown","tag-ciudaddelcabo","tag-clocktower","tag-gothic","tag-harbour","tag-oldcapetown","tag-port","tag-puerto","tag-southafrica","tag-sudafrica","tag-updated","tag-vawaterfront","tag-victoriaalfred","tag-victorian","tag-waterfront","has-post-thumbnail"],"tags_input":"1882,Africa,capetown,ciudaddelcabo,clocktower,gothic,harbour,oldcapetown,port,puerto,southafrica,Sudafrica,Updated,vawaterfront,victoriaalfred,victorian,waterfront","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phjlBv-ml","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":37133,"url":"http:\/\/pelecyphora.ddns.net:60123\/GabrielPaladino.com\/2026\/06\/15\/aegina-waterfront-from-the-air\/","url_meta":{"origin":1385,"position":0},"title":"Aegina Waterfront from the Air","author":"Gabriel Paladino Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez","date":"June 15, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Aegina stands as one of the most historically compelling islands in the Saronic Gulf, anchored just 27 kilometers southwest of Piraeus. Characterized by its vibrant, crescent-shaped harbor and low-slung neoclassical buildings painted in soft pastel hues, the island's waterfront serves as a lively threshold where maritime tradition meets a deeply\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Related posts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Related posts","link":"http:\/\/pelecyphora.ddns.net:60123\/GabrielPaladino.com\/category\/related-posts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1290,"url":"http:\/\/pelecyphora.ddns.net:60123\/GabrielPaladino.com\/2018\/03\/28\/hlanganani-marimba-band\/","url_meta":{"origin":1385,"position":1},"title":"Hlanganani Marimba Band","author":"Gabriel Paladino Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez","date":"March 28, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Hlanganani Marimba Band performing live at the V&A Waterfront at Victoria & Alfred Waterfront Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa via Flickr https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/25vS1Qu","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Related posts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Related posts","link":"http:\/\/pelecyphora.ddns.net:60123\/GabrielPaladino.com\/category\/related-posts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1241,"url":"http:\/\/pelecyphora.ddns.net:60123\/GabrielPaladino.com\/2018\/03\/27\/nobel-square-statues-5\/","url_meta":{"origin":1385,"position":2},"title":"Nobel Square Statues","author":"Gabriel Paladino Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez","date":"March 27, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Statues of South African Nobel Peace Prize winners Inscriptions at the base of the statues: Never, never, and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will experience the oppression of one by another. - Nelson Mandela Our new Constitution is a powerful symbol of reconciliation, justice and of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Related posts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Related posts","link":"http:\/\/pelecyphora.ddns.net:60123\/GabrielPaladino.com\/category\/related-posts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1391,"url":"http:\/\/pelecyphora.ddns.net:60123\/GabrielPaladino.com\/2018\/04\/02\/hartlaubs-gull\/","url_meta":{"origin":1385,"position":3},"title":"Hartlaub\u2019s Gull","author":"Gabriel Paladino Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez","date":"April 2, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Chroicocephalus hartlaubii \u2022 Hartlaub's gull \/ king gull \u2022 Gaviota plateada sudafricana \/ gaviota de Hartlaub Scientific classification Kingdom:Animalia Phylum:Chordata Class:Aves Order:Charadriiformes Family:Laridae Genus:Chroicocephalus Species:C. hartlaubii V&A Waterfront, Cape Town, South Africa. via Flickr https:\/\/flic.kr\/p\/24nd7ev","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Related posts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Related posts","link":"http:\/\/pelecyphora.ddns.net:60123\/GabrielPaladino.com\/category\/related-posts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":37339,"url":"http:\/\/pelecyphora.ddns.net:60123\/GabrielPaladino.com\/2026\/08\/10\/harbor-silence\/","url_meta":{"origin":1385,"position":4},"title":"Harbor Silence","author":"Gabriel Paladino Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez","date":"August 10, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Between 1827 and 1829, Aegina briefly held a place at the heart of modern Greek history, serving as the first seat of government of the newly independent state before the capital shifted to Nafplio and later Athens. The neoclassical facades along the waterfront \u2014 pale walls and columned fronts rising\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Related posts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Related posts","link":"http:\/\/pelecyphora.ddns.net:60123\/GabrielPaladino.com\/category\/related-posts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":37245,"url":"http:\/\/pelecyphora.ddns.net:60123\/GabrielPaladino.com\/2026\/07\/16\/mediterranean-calm-aegina-harbor\/","url_meta":{"origin":1385,"position":5},"title":"Mediterranean Calm &#8211; Aegina Harbor","author":"Gabriel Paladino Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez","date":"July 16, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"At first glance, Aegina's harbor looks much as it has for generations. Fishing boats painted in the island's characteristic blue and white line the quay, mooring lines running taut to the stone pier. In the foreground, the Danae is one of them \u2014 her name visible on the bow, her\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Related posts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Related posts","link":"http:\/\/pelecyphora.ddns.net:60123\/GabrielPaladino.com\/category\/related-posts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/pelecyphora.ddns.net:60123\/GabrielPaladino.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/pelecyphora.ddns.net:60123\/GabrielPaladino.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/pelecyphora.ddns.net:60123\/GabrielPaladino.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pelecyphora.ddns.net:60123\/GabrielPaladino.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pelecyphora.ddns.net:60123\/GabrielPaladino.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1385"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/pelecyphora.ddns.net:60123\/GabrielPaladino.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35234,"href":"http:\/\/pelecyphora.ddns.net:60123\/GabrielPaladino.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1385\/revisions\/35234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/pelecyphora.ddns.net:60123\/GabrielPaladino.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pelecyphora.ddns.net:60123\/GabrielPaladino.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pelecyphora.ddns.net:60123\/GabrielPaladino.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}