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Zanzibar UNESCO world heritage sites

Anglican Cathedral on Tharia Street
It has a unique concrete roof shaped in an unusual barrel vault (that was Steere's idea) and the overall structure mixes Perpendicular Gothic and Islamic details.

Hamamni Persian Baths on Kajificheni Street
They are referred to as "Persian" because their construction was commissioned to Shirazi architects.

Tippu Tip's House on Suicide Alley
It is the house where the powerful merchant and slave trader Tippu Tip (1837-1905) lived. The building was a private residence until the Zanzibar Revolution, and was later converted into a block of flats.

St Joseph's Cathedral on Cathedral Street
The church was built by French missionaries between 1893 and 1898.

Old Fort on Mizingani Road
The fort is essentially a square of high, brown walls with merlons, protecting an inner courtyard. In the courtyard there are some remnants of earlier buildings, including those of a Portuguese church and another Omani fortification.

House of Wonders on Sokoku Street
It was intended as a ceremonial palace and official reception hall, celebrating modernity, and it was named "House of Wonders" because it was the first building in Zanzibar to have electricity, and also the first building in East Africa to have an elevator.

Malindi Mosque on Jamatini Road
It was built by Sunni Muslims and it has some unusual architectural features, including a cone-shaped minaret (one of just three minarets of this shape in East Africa) and a square platform.

The Old Dispensary on Malindi Road
Its wooden carved balconies, with stained glass decorations, are of Indian influence; the main structure is built with traditional Zanzibari coral rag and limestone, but covered with stucco adornments of European neo-classical taste. The inside of the building is just as sophisticated, with a covered courtyard and carved bridges connecting the floors.