Architectural, Cultural sights in Mombasa

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   Mombasa Old Town Conservation Society

   • Mombasa, Kenya
   • Sights › Architectural, cultural

   While Mombasa's Old Town doesn't quite have the medieval charm of Lamu or Zanzibar, it's still an interesting area to wander around. The houses here are characteristic of coastal East African architecture, with ornately carved doors and window frames and fretwork balconies, designed to protect the modesty of the female inhabitants. Sadly, many of these have been destroyed; there is now a preservation order on the remaining doors and balconies, so further losses should hopefully be prevented.

   The Mombasa Old Town Conservation Society is encouraging the renovation of many dilapidated buildings

   From the outside there's little evidence of what any of these buildings were once…

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