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English: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gondar



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Thanks for the pics. This is a great place I will definently visit sooner or later; I haven't made it outside Addis Ababa yet.

Gondar's Airport
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Mods, can we move this thread into the "photo gallery" section ? Thanks.

thanks storm shadow, its a shame more people dont know about africas camelot. My parents come from this city and im very proud of the history and castles. drink u mates :cheers:

aren't you in Ethiopia yet?

no, immigration and the passport departments have held me up:ohno: but i will be there in about 2 weeks.

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Excellent thread Storm.

If you could find more picture of this...it is called Kewskam(Qwesqwam)
it is very rarely pictured I think...I only have 1 picture of it:
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If you cant find it thats okay also. I enjoy the thread either way. thanks.

some more art:
Important holy Book (7th century)
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Nice images, skipper. Nice mixture of monumental structures, natural landscapes and street level images of the city.

^^Thanks. I appreciate it bro. :cheers:

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Street or ground level and activity images are a plus! :applause:
GJ Terrex!

:cheers:

Piazza in Gondar
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Cinema Gondar
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wow beautiful pictures. I like castles lol :)

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Gonder (or Gondar?) is beautiful place. Ethiopia is great country with long imperial tradition :cheers:

Anyway, isn't this picture from Debre Berhan? It looks like Selassi kerk.. :|

Gonder (or Gondar?) is beautiful place. Ethiopia is great country with long imperial tradition :cheers:

Anyway, isn't this picture from Debre Berhan? It looks like Selassi kerk.. :|

Well actually, we say ''Gonder'' in Amharic. As for the church, there are plenty of old traditional churches in Ethiopia so i have no idea.

Have you ever been to Gondar?

no, but I'd like to go to Ethiopia or eastern african region once. I study now, so I don't have enough money for going there :) I've been only to Dubai so far.

The photo is from Gonder, but it is the Debre Berhan Selassie Church (so I can see where you could get confused).

^^ Thanks Ezana and welcome to the forum

a few pics of a more modern Gondar



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gondar at night

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interesting.

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MODS PLEASE MOVE THIS THREAD TO THE ETHIOPIA SECTION

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Israel has a big community from this city

This is a very nice city and has great potential. i like the fact it is green with trees. There was also a very nice picture of sorghum the traditional grain.

Israel has a big community from this city

Yes that's true, the Felashas (ethiopian jews) lives in this region but nearly 90% have left for Israel

No reason to move it now to the Ethiopia section. I had recreated the gallery in the Ethio section sometime ago since at the time it was not placed there. http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=969780

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Very beautiful traditional architecture

Nice Italian and Portuguese architecture.

^^Please do not demean our history!

Simfan, ignore him, this is exactly the reaction he's looking for.

^^Please do not demean our history!

How is it demeaning? The castles are of Portuguese design and the buildings/cinemas/city square are of Italian's. Nothing antique about this architecture.

Arbate, Dont come on this thread again. You always have some thing slick to say about Ethiopia. Stop trolling and take your negative energy elsewhere.

The castles at Gondar were influenced by the Portuguese, but they were also influenced more by Arabian, Indian, Nubian, and of course, Ethiopian architecture. There's no reason to say they're 'portuguese castles'. In fact, most of the castles were built after the Portuguese had been expeled from Ethiopia by Emperor Fasilides.