Sultan's Palace

File / Documentation

Name

225181_sv.jpg

Size

4.39 MB

Format

JPEG

Checksum (MD5)

eb201d0d5067e50d7e13fe11c3c4ed92

Creator(s)

Tanzanian

Time period

creation date: original place built for Sultan Sayyid Said, 1827-1834, destruction date: palace destroyed in bombardment by Britain, later rebuilt partially on same site, 1896, creation date: 1896-1899, other date: renamed People's Palace, 1964, other date: palace turned into a museum, 1994

Location

Site: Zanzibar (Tanzania)

Cultural context

Tanzanian

Description

detail, memorial plaque for Seyyid Said Bin Sultan in the cemetery, 1985

Work type

Palace, Museum

Keywords

Museums

Royal palaces

Adaptive reuse