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Sansibar House of Wonders
1907 Stone Town, Zanzibar, Tanzania
The House of Wonders in Stone Town, Zanzibar, photographed in 1907. Built in the 1880s as a ceremonial palace for the Sultan of Zanzibar, it was among the first buildings in East Africa to have electric lighting.
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