Heritage sites, Archaeological discoveries, History of Archaeology

Fasil Ghebbi

Location

Amhara Region

Country

Ethiopia

Year of Research

1979

Culture

In the 16th and 17th centuries, the fortress-city of Fasil Ghebbi was the place of the Ethiopian emperor Fasilides and his successors.

It was surrounded by a 900-m-long wall, the city has palaces, churches, monasteries and unique public and private buildings marked by Hindu and Arab influences, subsequently changed by the Baroque style brought to Gondar by the Jesuit missionaries.