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Old Fort, Zanzibar
TITLEOld Fort, Zanzibar
NATIONTanzania
DETAILInside the Old Fort (Ngome Kongwe)
CITYZanzibar, Stone Town
STATE or REGIONZanzibar
CE DATE OF CONSTRUCTIONOldest building on this site was a Portuguese chapel built in 1612. Omani Arabs ousted Portuguese from East African coast in 1698. In Zanzibar, they partly demolished the chapel and a merchant's house to build this Fort 1700-1710. The fort was gradually expanded and reached its present size in the mid 1800s.
MATERIALSCoral block
TYPEFortress
OTHER TERMSOmani Arab and Swahili
DIGITAL COLLECTIONCities and Buildings Database
SLIDE NUMBERjm15
CONTACT INFORMATIONAll files on this site are copyright controlled as indicated. Copying, printing, or distributing any of them without the permission of the copyright holder is expressly prohibited. For further information please contact Prof. Meredith Clausen at: mlc@u.washington.edu
PHOTOGRAPHERJuli McGruder
DATE OF PHOTOGRAPHOctober 1996
SOURCEJuli McGruder
COPYRIGHT HOLDERJuli McGruder
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