Stone Town 2022 179 through time

Zanzibar City (Stone Town) 2022 3 photos of this spot

3 recent photographs taken at the same spot in Zanzibar City (Stone Town), spanning 2022. Have an older picture of it? Add it and start this spot's timeline.

Overhanging balconies and coral-stone facades characterize this corner of Stone Town, photographed in 2022. Stone Town grew as a Swahili coastal settlement that became a major Indian Ocean trading hub under Omani Sultanate rule, dealing in spices, ivory and enslaved people during the 19th century.

Stone Town 2022 179 2022 Overhanging balconies and coral-stone facades characterize this corner of Stone Town, photographed in 2022. Stone Town grew as a Swahili coastal settlement that became a major Indian Ocean trading hub under Omani Sultanate rule, dealing in spices, ivory and enslaved people during the 19th century.

Stone Town 2022 185 2022 A 2022 photograph of Stone Town, Zanzibar, whose maze-like streets grew from the island's history as an Indian Ocean trading port. Its architecture blends Swahili, Arab, Persian, Indian and European influences, a legacy of centuries as a crossroads of Indian Ocean trade.

Stone Town 2022 181 2022 This 2022 street view captures the tightly packed buildings of Stone Town, Zanzibar City's UNESCO-listed old quarter. Its labyrinth of narrow streets and alleys was laid out long before motor traffic, and remains largely unchanged today.