Visit to Stone Town (Zanzibar, Tanzania)

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Streets of Stone Town

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Stone town's doors are famous all around the work due to their beautiful woodwork

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Visit to the Sultan's palace

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The Sultan's bedroom and sofas

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Stone Town also used to be famous due to its beutifully carved chests, of which we found some examples in the sultan's palace

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After visiting the palace, we visited the site of the ancient slave market, on whch the English built a church, to commemorate the abolition of slavery in the island. This was brought about by after several decades of British pressure on the Sultan.

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According to the locals, the altar is located exactly where the auctioning site used to be

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