Sep 082012
 
Gonder8

 

Gondar ethiopia A graceful city which founded by Emperor Fasiledes in 1636, was the capital of Ethiopia until the mid 19th Century. Gondar ethiopia is famous for its medieval castles and the designs and decoration of its churches. The city’s main imperial precinct, called the royal enclosure, six graceful edifices, erected by the famous successive Gonderiane Emperors in the 17th and 18th centuries as places, at the center of the town with I a high stone walled fortification, an area of 70,000 square meter, with 12 symbolic entrances, Because of their outstanding universal value they were included in the UNESCO world heritage list in 1979.

balehagerutoursethiopia gondar

balehagerutoursethiopia gondar

 

Sep 082012
 
Siemen-Mountain18
balehagerutoursethiopiasimen mountain camp sait at sankaber

balehagerutoursethiopiasimen mountain camp sait at sankaber

balehagerutoursethiopia at simen mountain

balehagerutoursethiopia at simen mountain

 

The Simen range consists of several major plateau divided by large river valleys. The western plateau is bounded on the north and east by massive escarpment, many kilometers long and over 1,000 meters high in places and cut along its length by steep gorges. The views from the top of the escarpment look north over the vast plains towards Eritrea. At their foot are the remains of Continue reading »

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