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Beit al Ajaib (House of Wonders)
2010 Stone Town, Zanzibar, Tanzania
Beit al-Ajaib, or the House of Wonders, in Stone Town, Zanzibar, was built in 1883 as a ceremonial palace for Sultan Barghash bin Said and was among the first buildings in East Africa to have electric lighting.
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Beit al Ajaib through time — all 27 photos taken here (1900–2023) →
