Gondar

E249564
city historic city

Gondar is a historic city in northern Ethiopia renowned for its well-preserved medieval castles and churches, often called the "Camelot of Africa."

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Gondar canonical 18
Gondar city administration 1
Gondar historic centre 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
historic city ⓘ
administrativeStatus city administration ⓘ
climateType subtropical highland climate ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Ethiopia ⓘ
elevation approximately 2133 meters ⓘ
formerCapitalOf Ethiopia ⓘ
foundationCentury 17th century ⓘ
foundedBy Susenyos I ⓘ
surface form: Emperor Fasilides
governedBy Gondar self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Gondar city administration
hasArchitecturalInfluence Aksum stelae field ⓘ
surface form: Axumite architecture

Baroque ⓘ
surface form: Baroque architecture

Indian architecture ⓘ
Portuguese architecture ⓘ
hasArchitecturalStyle Gondarine architecture ⓘ
hasCityType fortified city ⓘ
hasCulturalHeritage medieval Ethiopian imperial court traditions ⓘ
hasFestival Timkat ⓘ
surface form: Timkat celebrations
hasLandmark Debre Berhan Selassie Church ⓘ
Fasil Ghebbi ⓘ
Royal Enclosure ⓘ
hasNearbyAttraction Simien Mountains ⓘ
hasReligiousSiteType rock-hewn and stone churches ⓘ
hasUniversity University of Gondar ⓘ
heritageDesignation center of Ethiopian medieval heritage ⓘ
historicalEraOfProminence Gondarine period ⓘ
isTouristDestination true ⓘ
knownFor Ethiopian Orthodox Christian heritage ⓘ
historic churches ⓘ
royal enclosure ⓘ
well-preserved medieval castles ⓘ
languageMajority Amharic ⓘ
locatedIn Northern Ethiopia ⓘ
surface form: northern Ethiopia
locatedInRegion Amhara Region ⓘ
locatedInZone North Gondar Zone ⓘ
near Lake Tana ⓘ
nickname Camelot of Africa ⓘ
partOf Ethiopian Highlands ⓘ
religionHistoricallyDominant Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ
surface form: Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Christianity
roleInRegion major urban center in northern Ethiopia ⓘ
servedAsCapitalDuring 17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ
timeZone East Africa Time ⓘ
transportRole regional transport hub in northern Ethiopia ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite Fasil Ghebbi ⓘ
utcOffset +3 ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gondar region → hasCapital → Gondar ⓘ
Gondar region → namedAfter → Gondar ⓘ
Gondar region → contains → Gondar ⓘ
this entity surface form: city of Gondar
Ethiopian Empire → capital → Gondar ⓘ
Ethiopian Empire → majorCity → Gondar ⓘ
Amhara (commonly reported) → associatedRegion → Gondar ⓘ
subject surface form: Amhara
Amhara (commonly reported) → majorCityInHomeland → Gondar ⓘ
subject surface form: Amhara
Rastatt → twinTown → Gondar ⓘ
Solomonic dynasty → capital → Gondar ⓘ
Negusa Nagast → associatedWithCapital → Gondar ⓘ
Amhara Region → containsCity → Gondar ⓘ
Debark → roadConnectionTo → Gondar ⓘ
Ras Dashan → nearestMajorCity → Gondar ⓘ
Emperor of Ethiopia → coronationLocation → Gondar ⓘ
Gondar → governedBy → Gondar self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gondar city administration
Fasil Ghebbi (in Gondar city) → locatedIn → Gondar ⓘ
subject surface form: Fasil Ghebbi
Fasil Ghebbi (in Gondar city) → partOf → Gondar ⓘ
subject surface form: Fasil Ghebbi
this entity surface form: Gondar historic centre
Humera → roadConnectionTo → Gondar ⓘ
Northern Ethiopia → containsCity → Gondar ⓘ
Northern Ethiopia → containsHistoricalCity → Gondar ⓘ
Rastatt, Germany → hasTwinTown → Gondar ⓘ
subject surface form: Rastatt