« Stone Town of Zanzibar - a perfect example of a coastal market town people Swahili in East Africa. It has retained its urban fabric and shape in an almost intact and has many fine buildings that reflect the characteristics of this civilization, which for more than a millennium incorporates and integrates elements of cultures in Africa, the Arab region, India and Europe .. Its construction began in 1831. Now he is a UNESCO World Heritage List. Here at the many small streets are 51 mosques and 6 Hindu temples and 2 Catholic churches, as well as a large number of buildings from a coral stone. Also, the endless little shops, bazaars, mosques, inns, fortresses, two former palace of the sultans, two huge cathedral, faded colonial mansions, abandoned bathhouse in the Persian style and a collection of bizarre foreign consulates.
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