Streets of Stone Town through time

Zanzibar 2017–2022 7 photos of this spot

7 recent photographs taken at the same spot in Zanzibar, spanning 2017–2022. Have an older picture of it? Add it and start this spot's timeline.

The streets of Stone Town, Zanzibar's historic old quarter, photographed in 2017 and showing the coral-stone buildings typical of the UNESCO World Heritage site.

Streets of Stone Town 2017 The streets of Stone Town, Zanzibar's historic old quarter, photographed in 2017 and showing the coral-stone buildings typical of the UNESCO World Heritage site.

Stone Town 2022 072 2022 This alleyway winds through Stone Town, the old Swahili trading quarter of Zanzibar City. The old town grew as a major trading post on the Indian Ocean spice and ivory routes under the 19th-century Sultanate of Zanzibar, and many buildings here are built from coral stone, a construction method distinctive to the Swahili coast of East Africa.

Stone Town 2022 124 2022 This alleyway winds through Stone Town, the old Swahili trading quarter of Zanzibar City. The old town grew as a major trading post on the Indian Ocean spice and ivory routes under the 19th-century Sultanate of Zanzibar, and lanes like this were laid out centuries ago, long before motor vehicles, and much of their layout survives largely unchanged.

Stone Town 2022 217 2022 This alleyway winds through Stone Town, the old Swahili trading quarter of Zanzibar City. Many buildings here are built from coral stone, a construction method distinctive to the Swahili coast of East Africa, and the quarter is known for its elaborately carved wooden doors, often studded with brass, a craft blending Arab and Indian influences.

Stone Town 2022 301 2022 This alleyway winds through Stone Town, the old Swahili trading quarter of Zanzibar City. Many buildings here are built from coral stone, a construction method distinctive to the Swahili coast of East Africa, and lanes like this were laid out centuries ago, long before motor vehicles, and much of their layout survives largely unchanged.

Stone Town 2022 125 2022 Coral-stone buildings line this street in Stone Town, Zanzibar's historic old town. 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 lanes like this were laid out centuries ago, long before motor vehicles, and much of their layout survives largely unchanged.

Stone Town 2022 299 2022 This 2022 photograph documents a corner of Stone Town, the historic heart of Zanzibar City on Tanzania's coast. Its architecture blends Swahili, Arab, Persian, Indian and European influences, a legacy of centuries of maritime trade.