Stone Town of Zanzibar

World Heritage

United Republic of Tanzania

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Stone Town in Zanzibar is an example of a Swahili coastal trading town in East Africa. It has preserved its urban structure and townscape almost intact, with many fine buildings reflecting its unique culture, which has blended and homogenized different cultural elements from Africa, the Arab region, India and Europe for more than a thousand years.

# East Africa

# Cultural Fusion

# Urban structure

# Swahili Coastal Trade

# Town scenery

# Unique culture