Sultan's Palace

File / Documentation

Name

225227_sv.jpg

Size

4.13 MB

Format

JPEG

Checksum (MD5)

097387f9616e26ac2c5e3c18f15c248a

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

exterior, view from the waterfront, with the clock tower of the House of Wonders in the distance, 1985

Work type

Palace, Museum

Keywords

Museums

Royal palaces

Adaptive reuse