1. Place is a national memorial today.
Old Fort
Old Fort
Fortified Arab building from the year 1856, now the oldest house in Bagamoyo.
Built by Abdallah S. Marhabi (one of the first Persian Shomvi Shirazi who founded Bagamoyo
around 1793?), it was taken over by Sultan Majid, the Lord of Oman and Zanzibar, who added to
it and fortified it some more to house Baluchi garrison troops.
The tradesman Seva Haji bought the fort in the year of 1890 and donates it to the Germans on
28/12/1894 with the obligation to establish a school in the building. The German used the Fort as
a garrison and fortified the building.
After World War I it was used as a prison by the British.
After Indepedence until 1992, the fort was used as a police station and prison. The fort can be
visited. It was restored by EU funds.

2. Built in 1898 by the German administration on a place where former an older market has existed.
Local tradition tell that here slave auctions took place "under the tree" and that an underground
tunnel went from here to the beach which the slaves had to pass blindfolded.
The Germans built the market in 1898 with 9.000 Rupees, but got already 3.000-4.000 Rupees
income in 1900.

3. The Catholic Mission is the oldest Catholic mission in East and Central Africa, dating from
1868.
You also can find on the Parish Compound:
The Old Baobab Tree:
Planted in 1868.
The Tower of the First Catholic Church (Livingstone Tower):
Built in 1872, the church was later dismantled. The body of the late Dr. David Livingstone rested
here for one night from the 24th to the 25th of February 1874 before being transported via
Zanzibar to Westminster London.
The Old Fathers House:
The headquarter of the Spiritan Missionaries. The ground floor was built in 1873, the first floor
in 1877-1880, the second floor in 1903-1904. The Mission was staffed every time with 8-10
missionaries. Up to 1969, when the St. Peters Seminary was moved to Morogoro. The front of
the builidung collapsed in 2009.
The Sisters Convent:
Built in 1876, the first storey in 1877. The veranda was added in 1915. The Sisters House was
always staffed with 6-8 Sisters, up to the 1980s. In 1969 the museum was established in that
building when the Sisters got a new house.
The renovation some years ago was financed by the Federal Republic of Germany.
The Cemetery:
27 tombs of the early Spiritan missionaries and 20 tombs of the early Sisters (Congregation
"Daughters of Mary"). The first to be buried here was St. M. Julienne (17/04/1870).
The Grotto:
Built in 1876, special blessings by Pope Leo XIII in 1879. Since 1999 National Pilgrimage
Shrine by the Tanzanian Episcopal Conference.
The Parish Church:
Built 1910-1915. With interesting paintings about history of slavery.