's Castle through time

Gondar 2008–2020 11 photos of this spot

11 recent photographs taken at the same spot in Gondar, spanning 2008–2020. Have an older picture of it? Add it and start this spot's timeline.

The stone stables of the Gondar royal enclosure, Ethiopia, photographed in 2008. Built as part of the fortress-city founded by Emperor Fasilides in the 17th century, the complex once housed the emperor's horses alongside the surrounding castles.

Stables - Gondar Castle01 2008 The stone stables of the Gondar royal enclosure, Ethiopia, photographed in 2008. Built as part of the fortress-city founded by Emperor Fasilides in the 17th century, the complex once housed the emperor's horses alongside the surrounding castles.

Stables - Gondar Castle02 2008 The stables of the royal enclosure at Gondar Castle, Ethiopia, photographed in 2008; the Fasil Ghebbi compound housed Ethiopian emperors beginning in the 1630s.

Gondar palace complex 2011 The palace complex within Gondar's Fasil Ghebbi, Ethiopia, in 2011. The walled compound holds castles built by successive Ethiopian emperors beginning with Fasilides in the seventeenth century, blending Portuguese, Indian, and local styles.

's Castle 2012 One of the stone castles within Gondar's Fasil Ghebbi royal enclosure, photographed in 2012. Gondar was the capital of the Ethiopian Empire between the 17th and 19th centuries, and this fortified compound of castles and palaces remains a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Mentewab's Castle 2012 Mentewab's Castle at the Kuskuam complex near Gondar, Ethiopia, built for Empress Mentewab in the 18th century. The site combines a former royal residence with a church and forms part of Gondar's broader collection of imperial-era architecture.

Balderas Ber 01 2012 One of the gates of Fasil Ghebbi, the fortified royal enclosure in Gondar, Ethiopia, seen here in 2012. Built from the 1630s onward by Emperor Fasilides and his successors, the complex earned Gondar its nickname as the 'Camelot of Africa'.

Bakaffa's Palace 02 2012 The palace of Emperor Bakaffa within Gondar's Fasil Ghebbi enclosure, photographed in 2012. Bakaffa reigned in the early eighteenth century and added his own residence to the complex begun decades earlier by Fasilides.

Balderas Ber 02 2012 A second view of the Balderas gate at Gondar's Fasil Ghebbi enclosure, taken in 2012, one of several fortified entrances built to secure the Ethiopian royal compound.

Bakaffa's Palace 01 2012 Dawit's Hall within Fasil Ghebbi, the fortified royal enclosure of Gondar, Ethiopia, photographed in 2012. Gondar served as the Ethiopian imperial capital from the 1630s to the mid-19th century.

ET Gondar Fasil Ghebbi 2018 Fasil Ghebbi, the fortress-city built by Ethiopia's Gondarine emperors and now a UNESCO World Heritage site, is pictured in this 2018 photograph of Gondar.

Vue orientée sud sur trois des palais de l’enceinte impériale du Fasil Ghebi 2020 A south-facing view of three palaces within Fasil Ghebi, the fortress enclosure in Gondar, Ethiopia built under Emperor Fasilides in the 17th century and inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, photographed in 2020.