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Fasil Ghebbi, Gondar Region

Ethiopia
Date of Inscription: 1979
Criteria: (ii)(iii)
Amhara Region
N12 36 24.912 E37 27 58.212
Ref: 19

Brief Description

In the 16th and 17th centuries, the fortress-city of Fasil Ghebbi was the residence of the Ethiopian emperor Fasilides and his successors. Surrounded by a 900-m-long wall, the city contains palaces, churches, monasteries and unique public and private buildings marked by Hindu and Arab influences, subsequently transformed by the Baroque style brought to Gondar by the Jesuit missionaries.

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