House of Wonders

The House of Wonders or Palace of Wonders is a landmark building in , . It is the largest and tallest building of Stone Town and occupies a prominent place facing the Forodhani Gardens on the old town's seafront in Mizingani Road.
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  • Museum
  • …dates from 1883
  • …has 3 floors
  • …has a mansard roof
  • Description: landmark building in Stone Town, Zanzibar
  • Also known as
    “Museum of History & Culture of Zanzibar & the Swahili Coast”
    “National Museum”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St. Joseph’s Cathedral and Old Dispensary.
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Church
The Roman Catholic cathedral of St. is situated 220 metres southwest of House of Wonders.
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The , also known as Ithnashiri… is situated 440 metres northeast of House of Wonders.
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Church
Christ Church is an Anglican cathedral in , , . is situated 390 metres southeast of House of Wonders.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stone Town and Ng’ambo.
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is the main city on .
Suburb
Ng'ambo is one of the two main parts comprising…
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Neighborhood
is a large neighbourhood of , the more modern part of in .

House of Wonders

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Latitude
-6.16091° or 6° 9′ 39″ south
Longitude
39.18963° or 39° 11′ 23″ east
Open location code
6G5XR5QQ+JV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 122950850
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­public
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­building
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q2568900

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swahili—“House of Wonders” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بيت العجائب”
  • Basque: “Mirarien Etxea”
  • Chinese: “奇蹟屋”
  • Chinese: “奇迹屋”
  • Czech: “Palác zázraků”
  • Dutch: “House of Wonders”
  • French: “House of Wonders”
  • French: “Maison des Merveilles”
  • French: “Palace of Wonders”
  • French: “Palais des Merveilles”
  • German: “Haus der Wunder”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “House of Wonders”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Museum for History den Culture of Zanzibar den de Swahili Coast”
  • Hausa: “Gidan abubuwan al’ajabi”
  • Hausa: “Gidan Tarihi & Al’adu na Zanzibar & Gabar Swahili”
  • Hebrew: “בית הפלאים”
  • Italian: “Beit El Ajaib”
  • Italian: “Casa delle Meraviglie”
  • Italian: “House of Wonders”
  • Italian: “Palace of Wonders”
  • Italian: “Palazzo delle Meraviglie”
  • Japanese: “ベイト・アル＝アジャイブ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Beit al-Ajab”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Beit-al-Ajaib”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “House of Wonders”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Undrenes hus”
  • Norwegian: “Undrenes hus”
  • Persian: “خانهٔ عجایب”
  • Persian: “خانهٔ ی عجایب”
  • Portuguese: “house of wonders”
  • Russian: “Дом чудес”
  • Spanish: “Casa de las Maravillas”
  • Spanish: “Museo de Historia y Cultura de Zanzibar”
  • Swahili: “Jumba la Maajabu”

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