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A Mystery
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Is one if Ethiopia’s
most facilities and one of the world’s mysterious, By road this ancient settlement,
which stands at the of the middle semien mountains, is 7 north of the landscape of incomparable
beauty, Gonder, which became the royal capital of Ethiopia in the 700 km north of the
capita Addis Ababa is a landscape of incomparable beauty,
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Gondar , which become the royal capital of Ethiopia in
the 17th century under Emperor Fasiledes who built the first and most famous castles,
is rich in fabulous history and ancient monuments. Nobody have discovery for certain
why Fasiledes chose this places as his capital , ever emote in 1636 when he moved
his court here than it is today. Nor has anyone traced the true source of the architecture which inspired the Gondarene castles. Some were possibly modeled on the old palaces
of Arabia.
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The castles stand in rolling parkland, within fortified wall. As you pace empty
halls, audience chambers, and battlements, your imagination wills the echoes of
long ago
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battles
and courts intrigue. Another edifice of there the Bathing palace, stood in a pool
filled with water dawn by canal from a nearby river. It could only be reached by
draw-bridge. The pool is generally empty today; however, once each year during the
annual Epiphany, Timket, celebrations-it is filled again. |
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Outside the palace compound is another important building, the church of Debre Birhan
Selassie (Light
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of the trinity which stand on raised ground) is located
to the north west of the city. Described
by a contemporary visitor as a ‘ stupendous and wondrous edifice ‘ it was , in its
heyday, surmounted by cross while its walls ‘marvelously painted from top to botto
with innumerable senses of Biblical and medieval history. Today, the gold cross
is long gone, Debre Birhan Selassie still stands with its I decorations preserved.
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Many interesting excursions can be made from the city – south to the s of Lake Tana
at Gorgora (where other ancient castle and churches are located ), or north towards
the wonderland of the Semien mountains.
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The semien Mountains have been called the roof of Africa living north Gonder comprising
one of the principal mountain massifs of Africa. B paramount level of view, be it
anywhere, Ethiopia or Africa the dramat scenery of the semien offer an incredibly
spectacular and breath taken . The semien Mountains National park gives
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you an
excellent taste of Ethiopia’s remarkable wild life Home to an incredibly imme variety
of endemic plants, mammals and birds. Among the mammals the distractively beautiful walia Ibex found nowhere else in the world but here. This park has been declared as the world Heritage by UNESCO.
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