EU: Gonder. Ruinen des Gemp, des Kaiserschlosses aus der Portugiesenzeit, heute Fasiledas Palast (1931)
1931 Gondar, Ethiopia
Photographed in 1931, this image documents ruins in Gondar identified in the original caption as remnants of an imperial castle from the Portuguese period, a site now known as Fasil Ghebbi or Fasilides' Palace. Gondar served as the capital of the Ethiopian Empire from the 17th century onward.
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