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The old town is built on a triangular peninsular of land on the western coast of the island. It consists of a warren of narrow alleys to houses, shops bazaars and mosques. Transport around town is by foot, bicycle or motorbike: cars are too wide to drive down many of the inner streets.
The architecture is a mix of Arab, Indian and European styles. The Arab houses are particularly noticeable because the have large and ornately carved wooden doors and other unusal features such as enclosed wooden verandas.
The site has probably been occupied for around three centuries with buildings only being constructed with stone since the 1830s.
The town was the centre of trade on the East African coast between Asia and Africa before the colonizationColonization sometimes colonisation is the act, by a militarily strong country, of invading and taking over the sovereignty of another area, which then becomes known as a colony''. This often includes the establishment of one or more settlements, also cal of the mainland in the late 1800sEvents and Trends Beginning of the Napoleonic Wars ( 1803 1815). Semaphore is adopted by navies. United Kingdom founded in 1801 World Leaders Emperor Napoleon I ( France) Emperor Francis II ( Holy Roman Empire) Pope Pius VII Emperor Alexander I ( Russia) after which the focus moved to MombasaMombasa is a major port and is the second largest city in Kenya. The port serves both Kenya and countries of the interior using the Uganda Railway. The city has a population of around 900,000 and is located on Mombasa Island. The town is mainly occupied b and Dar es Salaam. The main export was spiceFor information on the spice from Frank Herbert's Dune universe, see melange. Spices are strongly flavored or aromatic parts of plants used in small quantities in food as a preservative, or flavouring in cooking. Spices are distinguished from other plants and particularly cloveThis article is about spices, the word clove is also used to describe a segment of a head of garlic and a clove hitch is a useful kind of knot. Cloves are the aromatic dried buds of a tree Eugenia caryophyllata also sometimes Syzygium aromaticum Myrtaceaes. Slaves were also obtained from the mainland and traded with the Middle EastThe Middle East is a geographical and cultural area comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. The Middle East is a subregion of Afr.
The town also became a base for many European explorers, like the Portugueses , and colonisers from the late 1800s. Immigrant communities from Oman, Persia and India lived here. These were often engaged in trade or in the case of the Omanis were rulers of the island and its dependent territories.
It is also famous as the birthplace of Freddie Mercury, the lead singer of the band Queen.
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