Ruins of Gedi
settlement · 1100 AD – 2099 AD
Extensive ruins of a medieval Swahili coastal town at modern Gedi in Kenya's Kilifi District. The earliest evidence for occupation dates to not earlier than the 11th century CE. The site was abandoned by the mid-17th century. The Ruins of Gedi are a designated national monument of Kenya and were added to the World Heritage Site list in 2024.
- Coordinates
- -3.30934, 40.01721
- Also known as
- Gedi (sw), Gedi (sw)
- Dating
- attested
Sources
- Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
- Wikidata · CC0 1.0Wikidata (CC0)