Museo Della Garesa Catalogo Mogadiscio – Catalogue of the Garesa Museum in Mogadishu
Written by Regio Governo Della Somalia
Catalogue of Garesa Museum in Mogadishu, built in the second half of the 19th century by the sultan of Zanzibar. It contains colonial and military history, geographic explorations, ancient sources and 104 out-of-text tables.
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