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Gondar 2012–2018 14 photos of this spot

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Fasilides' Palace within Gondar's royal enclosure, photographed in 2012. Constructed in the seventeenth century, it is the oldest and largest of the castles that make up the UNESCO-listed Fasil Ghebbi complex.

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Fasilides Palace 01 2012 Fasilides' Palace within Gondar's royal enclosure, photographed in 2012. Constructed in the seventeenth century, it is the oldest and largest of the castles that make up the UNESCO-listed Fasil Ghebbi complex.

Library and Chancellery of Yohannes I, Gondar, 2012

Library and Chancellery of Yohannes I 2012 The library and chancellery built under Emperor Yohannes I stands among the castles of Gondar's Fasil Ghebbi enclosure, shown here in 2012. Yohannes I ruled Ethiopia in the late seventeenth century, continuing the building program begun by his father Fasilides.

Fasilides Palace 02 2012 Fasilides' Palace within the Fasil Ghebbi royal enclosure in Gondar, Ethiopia, photographed in 2012, one of several castles built by successive Gondarine emperors.

Fasilides Palace 03 2012 The castle of Emperor Fasilides at the Fasil Ghebbi royal enclosure in Gondar, Ethiopia, photographed in 2012. Fasilides founded Gondar as his capital in 1636, and the compound's stone castles form part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Fasilides Palace 06 2012 Fasilides' Palace within the Royal Enclosure of Gondar, Ethiopia, photographed in 2012. Built by Emperor Fasilidas in the 1640s, it combines Portuguese, Indian, and Ethiopian architectural styles.

Fasilides Palace 08 2012 The stone battlements of Fasilides' Palace in Gondar, seen in 2012. The palace anchors the Fasil Ghebbi complex, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Fasilides Palace 05 2012 A 2012 view of Fasilides' Palace in Gondar, Ethiopia, the earliest and largest structure within the walled royal compound that once housed successive Ethiopian emperors.

Fasilides Palace 07 2012 Fasilides' Palace forms the centerpiece of the Fasil Ghebbi royal enclosure in Gondar, built for Emperor Fasilides in the 1640s. Its stone towers and battlements combine local building traditions with Portuguese and Indian architectural influences.

Fasil Ghebbi IV 2016 A view of Fasil Ghebbi in Gondar, photographed in 2016. The fortress compound was built in the 17th century as the royal enclosure of Emperor Fasilides and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, sometimes called the Camelot of Africa for its castellated architecture.

ET Gondar Fasil Ghebbi 2018 This 2018 photograph shows Fasil Ghebbi in Gondar, a walled royal enclosure of castles and palaces begun under Emperor Fasilides in the 1630s.

ET Gondar Fasil Ghebbi 2018 Gondar's Fasil Ghebbi complex, sometimes called Africa's Camelot, houses a cluster of castles built by successive Ethiopian emperors starting in the seventeenth century.

ET Gondar Fasil Ghebbi 2018 The Fasil Ghebbi royal enclosure in Gondar, Ethiopia, is pictured in 2018. Emperor Fasilides founded the fortress-city in the 1630s, and its castles later earned the compound recognition as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

ET Gondar Fasil Ghebbi 2018 Another view of the Fasil Ghebbi compound in Gondar, photographed in 2018. The walled enclosure once housed the castles of successive Ethiopian emperors during the 17th and 18th centuries.

ET Gondar Fasil Ghebbi 2018 A further section of the Fasil Ghebbi complex in Gondar, Ethiopia, photographed in February 2018.