Somali Architecture Thread

[Lord of Warshiekh]

Guys, upload some photos of Historical Somali buildings.

 

[Ayubi]

 

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[Lord of Warshiekh]

Wow, was that flat on the left italian built?

 

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Wow, was that flat on the left italian built?

Wallahi I don't know sxb

 

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[Ayubi]

 

[Lord of Warshiekh]

Wallahi I don't know sxb

There were so many somali forts. It’s a shame that they are in a dire state.

I suspect the Gendershe Citadel was fitted with cannons against the Portuguese naval fire;

 

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There were so many somali forts. It’s a shame that they are in a dire state.

I suspect the Gendershe Citadel was fitted with cannons against the Portuguese naval fire;
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Check these out sxb.

 

[Ayubi]

I think this is Taleex

 

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[Lord of Warshiekh]

Check these out sxb.

Love how each house was aligned row by row and neatly. If you analyse it, you can see that the houses in the back were larges and windowed, were they the homes of officials/the rulers?

Can any somali history specialist answer this?

Also,

This is very Iconic of Somalia but was it Italian Built?

 

[IftiinOfLife]

Those were all built relatively recently, like the past 70-100 years lol.

Interesting thread, but how can we DEFINE Somali architecture.

If we can define it, we can bring it back lol.

 

[Ayubi]

Eyl Somalia

 

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Love how each house was aligned row by row and neatly. If you analyse it, you can see that the houses in the back were larges and windowed, were they the homes of officials/the rulers?

Can any somali history specialist answer this?

Also,
View attachment 84444This is very Iconic of Somalia but was it Italian Built?

This is a interesting picture check this one out

 

[IftiinOfLife]

I think Somali architecture should be defined by the Somali city states of days old.

Like Merka, Berbera, Mogadishu etc.

You guys are posting forts from less then 100 years ago as examples of somali architecture lol

 

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I think Somali architecture should be defined by the Somali city states of days old.

Like Merka, Berbera, Mogadishu etc.

Agreed

 

[Lord of Warshiekh]

I think Somali architecture should be defined by the Somali city states of days old.

Like Merka, Berbera, Mogadishu etc.

You guys are posting forts from less then 100 years ago as examples of somali architecture lol

Especially Ajuran and Adal structures.

 

[Ayubi]

I think Somali architecture should be defined by the Somali city states of days old.

Like Merka, Berbera, Mogadishu etc.

True but if we were to adopt foreign influence, I would say a mixture of Italian, Arabic and Persian architecture.