Fasil Ghebbi, Gondar Region

World Heritage
Ethiopia
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The fortified city of Fasil Ghebbi was the residence of the Ethiopian Emperor Fasilides and his successors in the 16th and 17th centuries. The city walls are 900 meters long and contain palaces, churches, monasteries and unique public and private buildings with Hindu and Arab influences, and later the Baroque style brought to Gondar by Jesuit missionaries.

Emperor Fasilides' castle, founded by him in the 17th century

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Palace of Iyasu I

Side entrance to Fasil Gemb

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Royal library building

Interior of Fasilides' Palace

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Information extracted from Wikidata

World Heritage criteria World Heritage selection criterion (ii)
Wolfram Language entity code Entity["Castle", "FasilGhebbi"]
country Ethiopia
image http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gondar%2C%20cittadella%2C%20palazzo%20di%20re%20fasiladas%2005.jpg
instance of fortress
executive body Fasil Ghebbi
Wolfram Language entity code Entity["Castle", "FasilGhebbi"]
office held by head of the organization http://g.co/kg/m/0b2fjg
Commons category Fasil Ghebbi
coordinate location Point(37.469722222 12.608055555)
heritage designation Davos Wiesen railway station
native label ፋሲል ግቢ

start time 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z
official name فاسيل غيبي
official name Fasil Ghebbi, Gondar Region
official name Fasil Ghebi - Región de Gondar
official name Fasil Ghebi
official name ファジル・ゲビ、ゴンダール地域
official name Fasil Ghebbi, Gondar regio
official name Крепость Фасил-Гебби, район города Гондэр
official name 贡德尔地区的法西尔盖比城堡及古建筑
volume as quantity World Heritage selection criterion (ii)