Hamamni Persian Baths, Stone Town, Zanzibar through time

Stone Town 2019–2022 9 photos of this spot

9 recent photographs taken at the same spot in Stone Town, spanning 2019–2022. Have an older picture of it? Add it and start this spot's timeline.

The Hamamni Persian Baths in Stone Town, Zanzibar, part of the old town's UNESCO World Heritage-listed historic core.

Hamamni Persian Baths, Stone Town, Zanzibar 2019 The Hamamni Persian Baths in Stone Town, Zanzibar, part of the old town's UNESCO World Heritage-listed historic core.

Stone Town 2022 176 2022 The quarter was a major hub of East African trade in spices and ivory during the era of Omani Arab rule in the nineteenth century. Stone Town's tightly built streetscape, photographed here in 2022, preserves the layout of a nineteenth-century Indian Ocean port town.

Street Stonetown 47 2022 This 2022 photograph shows a street scene in Stone Town, the historic quarter of Zanzibar City. Stone Town's street pattern reflects its growth as a dense Swahili trading settlement during the nineteenth-century spice trade.

Street Stonetown 50 2022 Shops, homes and mosques line these alleys, many built from coral rag stone with carved wooden doors. Photographed in 2022, this street view captures the tightly packed buildings characteristic of Stone Town.

Stone Town 2022 199 2022 This 2022 photograph documents a corner of Stone Town, the historic heart of Zanzibar City on Tanzania's coast. Many of its buildings are built from coral rag stone and feature elaborately carved wooden doors.

Stone Town 2022 198 2022 Set within Stone Town, Zanzibar City's historic quarter, this 2022 photograph shows the district's characteristic built form. Its mix of mosques, merchant houses and bazaars reflects centuries of contact between East Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and South Asia.

Stone Town 2022 203 2022 The district grew wealthy from the Indian Ocean spice and trade routes that passed through Zanzibar in the nineteenth century. Coral-stone buildings and shaded lanes typical of Stone Town appear in this 2022 view of Zanzibar's historic quarter.

Street Stonetown 48 2022 UNESCO recognized this urban fabric, together with the town's architecture, when it listed Stone Town as a World Heritage Site in 2000. This 2022 photograph shows a street scene in Stone Town, the historic quarter of Zanzibar City.

Street Stonetown 49 2022 Photographed in 2022, this street view captures the tightly packed buildings characteristic of Stone Town. Zanzibar City grew up around this old quarter, which remains its commercial and residential core.