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Stone Town 2022 3 photos of this spot

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Coral rag stone, quarried locally, was the principal building material for Stone Town's historic houses and mosques. This 2022 close-up captures architectural detail from a building in Stone Town, Zanzibar's historic old quarter.

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Architectural details Stonetown 47, Stone Town, 2022

Architectural details Stonetown 47 2022 Coral rag stone, quarried locally, was the principal building material for Stone Town's historic houses and mosques. This 2022 close-up captures architectural detail from a building in Stone Town, Zanzibar's historic old quarter.

Street Stonetown 19 2022 Stone Town's street pattern reflects its growth as a dense Swahili trading settlement during the nineteenth-century spice trade. A narrow lane in Stone Town is pictured here as it appeared in 2022.

Street Stonetown 64 2022 The town's narrow, largely pedestrian streets were laid out long before motor vehicles, and many remain too tight for cars. Taken in 2022, this street-level view shows the close-set buildings typical of Stone Town's historic core.