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  2. African Heritage House - Wikipedia

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    African Heritage House is a national monument [1] in Kenya, classified and gazetted under the National Museums and Heritage Act in 2016. Designed by Alan Donovan, [2] built to preserve forgotten architectural designs of the African continent. The house [3] is facing the Nairobi national park, and the public can visit the house for a tour ...

  3. Karen Blixen Museum, Kenya - Wikipedia

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    However, this site was not where the Out of Africa was filmed, as the pictures were taken in Blixen's first farmhouse, Mbagathi, nearby, where she lived between 1914 and 1917. Nowadays the museum is situated in the upscale Nairobi suburb named "Karen," which was created by the land re-parceling of the coffee farm, after Blixen's return to Denmark.

  4. Nyayo Estate - Wikipedia

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    nyayo .co .ke /the-estate /. Nyayo Estate is a gated neighbourhood in Embakasi in the city of Nairobi. It is approximately 18 kilometres (11 mi) by road southeast of the central business district of Nairobi. Built from 1999, with six phases by 2014, it is the largest housing project in Kenya and second largest in Africa.

  5. State House, Nairobi - Wikipedia

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    Nairobi, Kenya. /  1.28278°S 36.80000°E  / -1.28278; 36.80000. State House is the official residence of the president of Kenya. It was the prime minister's residence from independence until 12 December 1964 when Kenya became a republic. As the prime minister's position was abolished, it has been the official residence of the president ...

  6. Treetops Hotel - Wikipedia

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    treetops .co .ke. Treetops Hotel was a tree house in Aberdare National Park in Kenya, ten miles from the township of Nyeri, 1,966 m (6,450 ft) above sea level on the Aberdare Range and in sight of Mount Kenya. First opened on 6 November 1932 by Eric Sherbrooke Walker, it was built into the tops of the trees of Aberdare National Park as a ...

  7. Kibera - Wikipedia

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    Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya, in 2005. It is the largest slum in Africa and the third largest in the world. Colonial era. The city of Nairobi, where Kibera is located, was founded in 1899 when the Uganda Railway line was built, thereby creating a need for its headquarters and British colonial offices.

  8. Nairobi Gallery - Wikipedia

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    Kenyatta Avenue, Nairobi, Kenya. Coordinates. 1°17′12″S 36°49′04″E  / . 1.286789°S 36.817833°E. / -1.286789; 36.817833. Type. Art Gallery. The Nairobi Gallery ( Swahili: Nyumba ya sanaa ya Nairobi) is an art gallery located an at the edge of the Nairobi central business district. The gallery is dedicated to showcasing African art.

  9. Kaloleni, Nairobi - Wikipedia

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    Kaloleni, Nairobi. /  1.29528°S 36.84472°E  / -1.29528; 36.84472. Kaloleni is a residential neighbourhood in the city of Nairobi. It is approximately 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) southeast of the central business district of Nairobi. It is one of the oldest estates in Nairobi, having been completed in the 1940s.