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Description
Property Name: Songo Mnara Palace
Inventory No: 255-27-5
Date of infill of the inventory form: 2008-02-26
Country (State party): Tanzania
Province: Tanga
Town: Songo Mnara
Geographic coordinates: 8° 32′ 47.08″ S
39° 30′ 29.92″ E
Historic Period:
Year of Construction:
Style:
Original Use: Residential
Current Use: Archeological park
Architect: Unknown
Significance
The site is a part of the old town Songo Mnara which had been taken into the List of World Heritage in Danger in 2006. It is not clear if the complex was used as a palace, however, it contains many rooms located around various courts.
Selection Criteria
vi. to be directly or tangibly associated with events or living traditions, with ideas, or with beliefs, with artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance
State of Preservation
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References
Garlake, Peter S. 1966. The Early Islamic Architecture of the East African Coast. London: Oxford University Press.
Unesco website: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/144