Fasilides Festung in Gonder, Amhara.
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ArchAfrika has a page about Gondarine Imperial Architecture – Ethiopia

In 1979, the historic royal compound of the capital of the Abyssian kings, Fasil Ghebbi (fig.1) in Gondar, Ethiopia, was listed as a World Heritage Site . Not only, as stated by the III criterion, it bears an exceptional testimony of cultural tradition or a civilization that has disappeared: known as the Gondarine “Renaissance”. Moreover, in accordance with the II criterion, it exhibits important interchange of human values, over a span of time and within a defined area, mainly in architecture and technology. In fact, the Fasil Ghebbi and its connected sites, represent a unique mixture of influence from Europe, India and Arabia, firmly fused and developed within the indigenous tradition.

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One Response to “Culture – Gondarine Imperial Architecture Ethiopia”

  1. intlxpatr says:

    I love this article! Thank you! I am so eager to see Ethiopia.

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