Sultan's Palace, Zanzibar
Museum in Zanzibar
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The Sultan's Palace is one of the main historical buildings of Stone Town, Zanzibar, Tanzania. It is a 3-story building with merlon-decorated white walls, located in Mizingani Road, on the seafront, between the House of Wonders and the Old Dispensary.
It stands on the site of the previous palace, called Bait As-Sahel (Arabic: بيت الساحل) that was destroyed in the Anglo Zanzibar war of 1896.,
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Zanzibar Revolution
1964 overthrow of the Sultan of Zanzibar
Stone Town
Old town of Zanzibar City, Tanzania
0.2 mi away
Battle of Zanzibar
1914 Anglo-German naval battle during WWI
0.8 mi away
House of Wonders
Landmark building in Stone Town, Zanzibar
330 ft away
HMS Pegasus (1897)
Pelorus-class cruiser
0.8 mi away
Old Dispensary (Zanzibar)
Historic building in Stone Town, Zanzibar
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