Publicomos

Notice (permalien)

Réf.

42036

Type

chapter

Titre

The Stone Town of Zanzibar : conservation of a difficult heritage

Langues

English

Auteurs

Malisius, Ulrich

Lieu de publication

Washington

Pays de publication

United States

Maison d'édition

ICOMOS United States

Date

1987

Pages

p. 95-102

Titre de la source

Old cultures in new worlds. 8th ICOMOS General Assembly and International Symposium. Programme report - Compte rendu

Titre de conférence

ICOMOS 8th General Assembly: Old Cultures in New Worlds

Lieu de conférence

Washington D.C., United States

Date de conférence

10-15 October 1987

Mots-clés

World Heritage List / trading posts / historic towns / conservation of cultural heritage

Pays mentionnés

Tanzania

Monuments et sites

Stone Town of Zanzibar, Tanzania

N° Patrimoine mondial

173

Résumé en anglais

Zanzibar has a rich history, having been the cosmopolitan focus of Arab, African, Indian and European influemce on the East African coast. The Stone Town, mainly built in the 19th century during a boom of trade with spices, ivory and slaves represents many individual historical buildings but also an undisturbed historical environment as a whole. It has survived until today, despite of changes. Zanzibar's period as a British Protectorate brought a good administration and infrastructure to Stone Town, but stagnation and decline of trade already affected the development of the town.

URL

http://international.icomos.org/publications/wash14.pdf

Document joint

wash14.pdf

Licence

Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (BY-NC-ND)