Coast Province : Museums/Monuments 
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National Museums of Kenya - Fort Jesus (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 0)The Portuguese built Fort Jesus in 1593. The site is located in Mombasa Island which is in the Coast province of Kenya. It lies a distance of about 490-km from Nairobi city.http://www.museums.or.ke/content/blogcategory/48/76/
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National Museums of Kenya - Gede (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 0)Gede ruins are the remains of a Swahili town, typical of most towns along the East African Coast. It traces its origin in the 12th century but was rebuilt with new town walls in 15th & 16th centuries.http://www.museums.or.ke/content/blogcategory/22/28/
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National Museums of Kenya - Jumba La mtwana (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 0)The full name Jumba la Mtwana means in Swahili "the large house of the slave". Within this area four mosques, a tomb and four houses have survived in recognizable condition.http://www.museums.or.ke/content/blogcategory/8/40
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National Museums of Kenya - Lamu (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 0)Lamu Museums are located in the Lamu Archipelago on the N. Coast, one of the most beatiful & serene locations on the African continent and a World Heritage Site.http://www.museums.or.ke/content/blogcategory/18/24
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National Museums of Kenya - Malindi Museum (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 0)The building was bought from the Bohra community for ₤2,000 after a longer period of occupation by the Medical Department who had used the building to serve as the Malindi Native Civil Hospital.http://www.museums.or.ke/content/blogcategory/49/73/
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National Museums of Kenya - Mnarani (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 0)The site was first occupied in the early 14th century but the first mosque; the Great Mosque was not built until AD 1425. Enlargements were undertaken soon thereafter.http://www.museums.or.ke/content/blogcategory/5/37
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National Museums of Kenya - Rabai Museum (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 0)Rabai is well known in the annals of history as the place where Christianity and modern learning in Kenya started well over 150 years ago. In 1994 the Krapf Memorial Museum was founded.http://www.museums.or.ke/content/blogcategory/50/74/
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National Museums of Kenya - Siyu Fort (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 0)Siyu is the only town that built a fort of its own, unlike Mombasa and Lamu where the forts were put up by foreigners. Oral tradition indicate that the fort was built by one of Siyu's leaders.http://www.museums.or.ke/content/blogcategory/10/42
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National Museums of Kenya - Takwa (Rating: 0.00, Votes: 0)Takwa ruins are the remains of a thriving 15th and 16th century Swahili trading town before it was abandoned in the seventeenth century.http://www.museums.or.ke/content/blogcategory/4/36
Last Updated: 6-Nov-2008
