Fasil Ghebbi I through time

Gondar 2007–2018 26 photos of this spot

26 recent photographs taken at the same spot in Gondar, spanning 2007–2018. Have an older picture of it? Add it and start this spot's timeline.

Elmina Castle seen from a distance along the Ghanaian coast, photographed in 2007. Built by the Portuguese in 1482, it is regarded as the oldest surviving European structure in sub-Saharan Africa.

The Ruins at Gondar, Ethiopia 2007 Elmina Castle seen from a distance along the Ghanaian coast, photographed in 2007. Built by the Portuguese in 1482, it is regarded as the oldest surviving European structure in sub-Saharan Africa.

Door 2011 A doorway within the Royal Enclosure of Gondar, Ethiopia, photographed in 2011. The fortress-city was built as the capital of the Ethiopian Empire in the seventeenth century.

Fasilides Palace in Fasil Ghebbi, Gondat, Ethiopia 2012 Another view of Fasilides' Palace in the Fasil Ghebbi enclosure, Gondar, Ethiopia, taken in 2012. The stone castle complex served as Ethiopia's imperial capital for roughly two centuries after Fasilides founded the city around 1636.

Fasilides Palace in Fasil Ghebbi, Gondat, Ethiopia 2012 The seventeenth-century Fasilides Palace, core of Gondar's Fasil Ghebbi royal enclosure, seen in this 2012 photograph. The enclosure's structures were built by successive Ethiopian emperors over more than a century.

Iyasu's Palace 01 2012 Iyasu's Palace in the Fasil Ghebbi royal enclosure, Gondar, Ethiopia, photographed in 2012, part of a UNESCO World Heritage complex of 17th- and 18th-century royal buildings.

Iyasu's Palace 03 2012 Iyasu's Palace within the Fasil Ghebbi complex in Gondar, Ethiopia, photographed in 2012, named for Emperor Iyasu I, who reigned in the late 17th century.

Iyasus Palace 02 2012 Iyasu's Palace in Gondar, Ethiopia, photographed in 2012, part of the Fasil Ghebbi complex built by Ethiopia's Gondarine emperors between the 17th and 18th centuries.

Library of Yohannes I 01 2012 The Library of Yohannes I in the Fasil Ghebbi royal enclosure, Gondar, Ethiopia, photographed in 2012, one of the smaller structures within the fortified imperial compound.

Iyasu's Palace 02 2012 Within the same royal enclosure at Gondar stands the palace attributed to Emperor Iyasu I, one of several structures added to the complex during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. The building appears here in a 2012 photograph.

Library of Yohannes I 02 2012 This 2012 image shows a structure at Gondar's Fasil Ghebbi identified as the library of Emperor Yohannes I, part of the fortified compound of castles and palaces that once housed Ethiopia's royal court.

Fasilides Palace in Fasil Ghebbi, Gondat, Ethiopia 2012 Another 2012 view of Fasilides' castle within the Fasil Ghebbi royal enclosure in Gondar, Ethiopia, the walled compound that housed the residences of successive Ethiopian emperors.

Library of Yohannes I 04 2012 A building identified as the library of Emperor Yohannes I, within Gondar's Fasil Ghebbi royal enclosure, photographed in 2012. The compound contains several stone structures added by successive emperors after Fasilides founded the city.

Library of Yohannes I 03 2012 The library building attributed to Emperor Yohannes I within Gondar's royal enclosure, photographed in 2012. It stands among the cluster of castles and civic structures added by Ethiopian emperors after Gondar became the imperial capital in the 17th century.

Library of Yohannes I 05 2012 A library building associated with Emperor Yohannes I stands within the Fasil Ghebbi complex in Gondar. Gondar served as the capital of the Ethiopian Empire from the seventeenth to the mid-nineteenth century, and its royal enclosure holds several castles built by successive emperors.

Description needed 2012 A photograph taken in Gondar, the former imperial capital of Ethiopia established in the seventeenth century by Emperor Fasilides. The city's royal enclosure of castles and churches later earned it UNESCO World Heritage status.

Fasil Ghebbi I 2015 Fasil Ghebbi, the walled royal compound in Gondar, Ethiopia, built by Emperor Fasilides and his successors, is shown in this 2015 photograph.

Fasil Ghebbi II 2015 Another section of Fasil Ghebbi, the historic royal enclosure of Gondar, Ethiopia, is captured in this 2015 photograph.

ET Gondar Fasil Ghebbi 2018 The royal enclosure of Fasil Ghebbi in Gondar contains several stone castles constructed over generations of Ethiopian emperors, beginning with Fasilides in the 1630s.

ET Gondar Fasil Ghebbi 2018 This 2018 image shows part of Fasil Ghebbi, Gondar's fortified royal compound, whose oldest structures date to the reign of Emperor Fasilides.

ET Gondar Fasil Ghebbi 2018 Fasil Ghebbi, the walled royal enclosure at the heart of Gondar, was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its collection of seventeenth-century Ethiopian castles.

ET Gondar Fasil Ghebbi 2018 Fasil Ghebbi, the fortified royal enclosure in Gondar, Ethiopia, built in the 17th century as the seat of Ethiopian emperors and now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Photographed in 2018.

ET Gondar Fasil Ghebbi 2018 A view within Fasil Ghebbi, the 17th-century royal fortress compound in Gondar, Ethiopia, that once housed the palaces of successive Ethiopian emperors. Photographed in 2018.

ET Gondar Fasil Ghebbi 2018 This 2018 photograph shows further structures within Gondar's Fasil Ghebbi enclosure, the former seat of Ethiopia's imperial court before the capital moved to Addis Ababa in the late 19th century.

ET Gondar Fasil Ghebbi 2018 This image, taken in February 2018, shows another view of the Fasil Ghebbi royal enclosure in Gondar, Ethiopia.

ET Gondar Fasil Ghebbi 2018 This February 2018 photograph shows part of the walled Fasil Ghebbi compound in Gondar, Ethiopia.

ET Gondar Fasil Ghebbi 2018 Fasil Ghebbi, the fortress-city in Gondar, Ethiopia, was built beginning in the seventeenth century as the residence of Ethiopian emperors and is now recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.