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Kilwa Kisiwani, is where one will find the greatest collection of ruins. Directly on the Northern shore one will find the old Omani Fort,
which is built on the foundations of the old Portuguese fort, in the early 19th Century, and where still an old wooden door remains.
The Big Mosque is from the 12th Century and was further extended up to the 15th Century. It
was said to be the largest mosque in East Africa.
The Great House directly south of the mosque was once a complex building which was most likely the Sultan´s palace. In it there are four graves, of which one is rumoured to
be of a Sultan.
The small mosque from the 15th Century is the best kept building on the island, and still in use today.
The large complex of walls in the west of the island is called "Makutani" (in the great
wall). In the middle is a palace from the 18th Century, south of it, another Sultanas palace, with a mosque from the 15th Century.
All the way to the east of the island there are the ground walls of the "Husuni
Kubwa", once the largest building in tropical Africa.
Songo Mnara, another island with 14th to 15th Century houses and mosques. Some of which still show high walls and even parts of their roofs
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