Ruins Archives

Matondoni Ruins

At Matondoni are three mosques, all of which are still in use. At the north end of Riyadha Mosque is a tomb which had a

Pate Island, with three towns and a number of smaller settlements, is the largest island in the archipelago. The selfsame town of Pate lies in

The entrance to Kenya in the immediate vicinity of Somalia (and Ras Kamboni) is marked by two tombs with high pillars whose existence may have

Noteworthy among the relics of virtu at Pate are the 8th Century Shanga Ruins named after the Washanga, a clan who still live in the

2 km east of the Maljis Hotel on the coast facing the sea are assorted ruins, and among these, on a low hill, is the