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The Mogadishu lighthouse and Hamarweyne’s coral architecture
The Lido Secondo lighthouse combines coral stone and reinforced concrete. In Hamarweyne, a field account describes a spiral stair cut into coastal coral rock beside the old harbour and a sabatt-like passage joining houses across a street.
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Coral stone and reinforced concrete
UNESCO’s November 2025 account identifies the Lido Secondo lighthouse as an early-20th-century coastal structure whose fabric combines coral stone with reinforced concrete.[1]
A coral-cut stair by the old harbour
At Fiinta, Shikei records a spiral stair cut into the coral beside the old harbour, with a basin and cuttings nearby that he reads as docks for mooring small boats. He asks why so demanding a piece of work was done at this spot and says only a closer study of the seabed would clarify it.[2]
A cross-street passage in Hamarweyne
In one alley, Shikei cautiously describes something like a sabatt: a raised link between two houses facing each other across the street. A walled-up doorway below it retains carved motifs on its weathered frame.[2]
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A few clear answers before you explore.
Which two materials does UNESCO’s 2025 article name for the lighthouse structure?
Coral stone and reinforced concrete.[1]
What did the Hamarweyne author describe at Fiinta?
A spiral stair carved into coastal coral rock.[2]
How does the field account describe the passage across the street?
The author compares it to a sabatt: a raised link between two houses that face each other across a street.[2]
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