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Beit el Sahel - Palace Museum Forodhani


Beit el Sahel - Palace Museum Forodhani

Beit el Sahel / Palace Museum is located at historical town of Zanzibar which was started in 12th century as a fishing village.
From then it developed as Swahili town with multicultural architectural motifs that have remained unique ever since. The town is nowadays as the world heritage site. The Palace was built by Seyyid Said bin Sultan, the Sultan of Oman and Zanzibar (1804-1856), after his first visit in 1828 where by Zanzibar ranked the head quarter of trade.

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