Takwa Ruins

Lamu County · Kenya

Takwa Ruins, Kenya
Photo: Arthur Buliva, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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The ruins of a 15th-16th century Swahili town on Manda Island, dominated by a coral-stone mosque with a distinctive pillar rising from its mihrab. The site was abandoned and reclaimed by forest.

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