Door in Mjini, Zanzibar through time

Zanzibar City 2022–2023 5 photos of this spot

5 recent photographs taken at the same spot in Zanzibar City, spanning 2022–2023. Have an older picture of it? Add it and start this spot's timeline.

A narrow lane in Stone Town, the historic quarter of Zanzibar City, photographed in 2022. Stone Town has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2000, recognized for its fusion of Swahili, Arab, Persian, Indian, and European architectural styles, and the old town grew as a major trading post on the Indian Ocean spice and ivory routes under the 19th-century Sultanate of Zanzibar.

Stone Town 2022 219 2022 A narrow lane in Stone Town, the historic quarter of Zanzibar City, photographed in 2022. Stone Town has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2000, recognized for its fusion of Swahili, Arab, Persian, Indian, and European architectural styles, and the old town grew as a major trading post on the Indian Ocean spice and ivory routes under the 19th-century Sultanate of Zanzibar.

Street Stonetown 67 2022 Taken in 2022, this street-level view shows the close-set buildings typical of Stone Town's historic core. UNESCO recognized this urban fabric, together with the town's architecture, when it listed Stone Town as a World Heritage Site in 2000.

Stone Town 2022 201 2022 Weathered stone walls and shuttered windows typify this Stone Town scene from 2022. The quarter is known for its elaborately carved wooden doors, often studded with brass, and for buildings raised in coral rag stone.

Stone Town 2022 202 2022 Zanzibar's old town, Stone Town, is pictured here in 2022 amid its coral-stone architecture. Its labyrinth of narrow streets and alleys was laid out long before motor traffic, and remains largely unchanged today.

Door in Mjini, Zanzibar 2023 A carved wooden door in Mjini, Stone Town, Zanzibar, photographed in 2023; elaborately carved doors are characteristic of Swahili and Omani architecture on the island.