Gedi Town in Kenya Guide
Where exactly is Gedi Town in Kenya? We normally get people searching for information about this beautiful town in Kenya and therefore we have decided to come up with this page to guide you if you are having a vacation in Gedi City of Kenya Africa.
Gede (also known as Gedi) is a village on the Indian Ocean coast of Kenya, lying south of Malindi and north of Watamu.
The Ruins of Gedi are located there. Although not thought to be mentioned in historic sources, extensive ruins of a former port have been dated to the thirteenth century or earlier, including a tomb with a date corresponding to 1399, until at l
east the seventeenth century. Later, the port was abandoned and not rediscovered until the 1920s.
The buildings are of coral, earth and plaster, some with designs inscribed.
They include a mosque, palace, houses and tombs as well as a fort. The style is classified as Swahili architecture.
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