Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Stone Town of Zanzibar' has mentioned 'Stone' in the following places:
| Occurrence Sentence | Text Source |
|---|---|
| The name "Stone Town" comes from the ubiquitous use of coral stone as the main construction material; this stone gives the town a characteristic, reddish warm colour. | WIKI |
| [4][5] Traditional buildings have a baraza, a long stone bench along the outside walls; this is used as an elevated sidewalk if heavy rains make the streets impracticable, or otherwise as benches to sit down, rest, socialize. | WIKI |
| [7] As coral stone is very friable, frequent maintenance is needed for most of these buildings. | WIKI |
| By the 13th century, houses were built with stone, and bonded with mud, and the 14th century saw the use of lime to bond stone. | WIKI |
| Only the wealthier patricians would have had stone and lime built houses, the strength of the materials allowing for flat roofs, while the majority of the population lived in single-story thatched houses similar to those from the 11th and 12th centuries. | WIKI |
| According to Tom Middleton and Mark Horton, the architectural style of these stone houses have no Arab or Persian elements, and should be viewed as an entirely indigenous development of local vernacular architecture. | WIKI |
| The Portuguese ruled the island for over 2 centuries and began constructing Stone Town's first stone structure, the Old Fort. | WIKI |
| The first stone houses in Stone Town probably began to be built in the 1830s, gradually replacing an earlier fishing village around the Old Fort. | WIKI |
| [23] The Old Fort ("Ngome Kongwe" in Swahili), adjacent to the House of Wonders, is a heavy stone fortress that was built in the 17th century by the Omanis. | WIKI |
| The local artisans are competent in both the traditional building techniques and the skills needed to produce quality construction materials, namely laterite-sand, lime and coral stone. | UNESCO |