Royal Enclosure of Gondar

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UNESCO World Heritage Site fortress-city royal residence

The Royal Enclosure of Gondar, or Fasil Ghebbi, is a UNESCO-listed fortress-city in northern Ethiopia renowned for its unique blend of Ethiopian, Portuguese, Indian, and Moorish architectural styles and its role as a historic seat of Ethiopian emperors.

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Label Occurrences
Royal Enclosure of Gondar canonical 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
fortress-city ⓘ
royal residence ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Fasil Ghebbi NERFINISHED ⓘ
architecturalStyle Ethiopian ⓘ
Indian ⓘ
Moorish ⓘ
Portuguese ⓘ
area approximately 7 hectares ⓘ
builtFor Ethiopian emperors NERFINISHED ⓘ
constructionStart 1630s ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Ethiopia ⓘ
foundedBy Emperor Fasilides NERFINISHED ⓘ
governingBody Ethiopian Heritage Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart Bakaffa’s Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dawit III Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fasilides Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ
Iyasu I Palace NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mentewab’s Castle NERFINISHED ⓘ
banqueting hall ⓘ
chancellery ⓘ
churches ⓘ
libraries ⓘ
royal baths ⓘ
stables ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
locatedIn Gondar NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInPartOf northern Ethiopia NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInRegion Amhara Region NERFINISHED ⓘ
material mortar ⓘ
stone ⓘ
nearbyAttraction Debre Berhan Selassie Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
significance center of Ethiopian political power in the 17th and 18th centuries ⓘ
important example of Ethiopian fortress architecture ⓘ
significantPeriod 17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ
surroundedBy high stone walls ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCategory Cultural ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (i) ⓘ
(ii) ⓘ
(iii) ⓘ
(iv) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId 19 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageStateParty Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia NERFINISHED ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageYearInscribed 1979 ⓘ
usedAs seat of Ethiopian emperors ⓘ

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Fasil Ghebbi (in Gondar city) → alsoKnownAs → Royal Enclosure of Gondar ⓘ
subject surface form: Fasil Ghebbi