Fasilides Bath - Tower through time

Gondar 2008–2018 14 photos of this spot

14 recent photographs taken at the same spot in Gondar, spanning 2008–2018. Have an older picture of it? Add it and start this spot's timeline.

A view in Gondar, Ethiopia, photographed in 2008; the city served as the capital of the Ethiopian Empire from the 17th to the mid-19th century and is known for its walled royal compound, Fasil Ghebbi.

Fasilides Bath 01 in 2008 2008 A view in Gondar, Ethiopia, photographed in 2008; the city served as the capital of the Ethiopian Empire from the 17th to the mid-19th century and is known for its walled royal compound, Fasil Ghebbi.

Fasil's Bath, Gondar, Ethiopia 2010 Fasilides' Bath in Gondar, Ethiopia, part of the city's UNESCO-listed royal enclosure heritage, photographed in 2010. The stone bathing pavilion was built for the Ethiopian emperors' ceremonial use.

Fasilides Bath 01 2012 Fasilides' Bath in Gondar, Ethiopia, part of the city's royal architectural heritage. The complex, associated with 17th-century Ethiopian emperor Fasilides, is used today for the annual Timkat celebration.

Fasilides Bath - Tower 2012 A tower at Fasilides' Bath, a walled pool complex outside central Gondar, photographed in 2012. The site is traditionally flooded and used each January for the Timkat, or Epiphany, festival's ceremonial re-enactment of baptism.

Fasilides Bath 06 2012 The rear of the pavilion at Fasilides' Bath in Gondar, Ethiopia, photographed in 2012. The bath complex was built for the 17th-century emperor Fasilides, founder of the city.

Fasilides Bath 04 2012 The pavilion of Fasilides' Bath in Gondar, Ethiopia, photographed in 2012, part of the former imperial capital's 17th-century royal architecture, still used for annual Timkat celebrations.

Fasilides Bath 05 2012 Fasilides' Bath in Gondar, Ethiopia, pictured in 2012. The stone-walled pool, built for Emperor Fasilides in the 17th century, is still filled for the annual Timkat (Epiphany) celebration.

Fasilides Bath 02 2012 Fasilides' Bath in Gondar, Ethiopia, photographed in 2012. The sunken pool, located outside the main royal enclosure, is used today in the annual Timkat, or Epiphany, celebrations.

Fasilides Bath 07 2012 The stone walls surrounding Fasilides' Bath in Gondar, seen in 2012, a site associated with the Ethiopian Orthodox Timkat festival.

Fasilides Bath 06 (cropped) 2012 Fasilides' Bath in Gondar, Ethiopia, in 2012. Built for Emperor Fasilides, who founded Gondar as his capital in the 17th century, the pool is filled and used once a year for the Timkat festival marking Epiphany.

Fasilides Bath 03 2012 Another 2012 view of Fasilides' Bath in Gondar, the walled pool and pavilion built for Emperor Fasilides in the 17th century and still central to the city's annual Timkat celebrations.

ET Gondar Fasilides Bath 2018 Fasilides' Bath in Gondar, Ethiopia, a stone bathing pavilion built for Emperor Fasilides in the 17th century and still filled with water each year for the Timkat festival. Photographed in 2018, its walls are reflected in the pool below.

ET Gondar Fasilides Bath 2018 Fasilides' Bath near Gondar is a stone-walled pool built for Emperor Fasilides in the seventeenth century; it is filled and used once a year for Ethiopia's Timkat, or Epiphany, celebrations.

ET Gondar Fasilides Bath 2018 Fasilides' Bath in Gondar, Ethiopia, part of the 17th-century royal complex built during Emperor Fasilides' reign, is pictured in this 2018 photograph.