The Castel of Fasilides

The Castel of Fasilides
Emperor Fasilides and his successors built the 17th century fairy-tale castles in Gondar, the former capital of Ethiopia.
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The Castel of Fasilides
Emperor Fasilides and his successors built the 17th century fairy-tale castles in Gondar, the former capital of Ethiopia.
admin Selected Histories Israel, Jewish, Operation Solomon, The Ethiopian Black Jews – Bete Israel
The Ethiopian Black Jews – Bete Israel
The Ethiopian Black Jews – Bete Israel lived in Ethiopia for centuries maintaining Jewish religious practices of the ancient Israelis.
• A large number to Israel on two occasions called ‘Operation Moses’ in 1984 and Operation Solomon’ on 24th May 1984 and ‘Operation Solomon’ on 24th May, 1991.
• Currently, a few remain in Ethiopia.
admin Selected Histories Prophet of Mosses had an Ethiopian wife
Prophet of Mosses had an Ethiopian wife
Prophet of Mosses had an Ethiopian wife (Numbers 12 1-15)
admin Heritage Harar gate, Islamic, mosques
Harar gate
The 1000 year old city of Harar is a sacred Islamic center in the world, after Mecca and The Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem.
• Harar has 90 mosques in one square mile.
admin Heritage ሐረር, መስጊድ, የሀረር በር
የሀረር በር
ዕድሜው 1000 (አንድ ሺ) ዓመት የሆነው የሐረር ከተማ በዓለም ላይ ቅዱስ እስላማው ማዕከል ተደርጎ ይቆጠራል፡፡ የሐረር ከተማ ፣ መካን . መዲናንና የኢየሩሳሌሙን ‹የአለቱ ጉልላት› መስጊድን ይጠቀልላ ፡፡
• በሀረር ከተማ በ1.7 ካሬ ኪሎ ሜትር የቦታ ስፋት ላይ 90 መስጊዶች ይገኛሉ፡፡
admin Heritage Al-Nejashi Mosque, Axum, Mecca, Tigray
Al-Nejashi Mosque
Islam crossed the shores of the Red Sea into Axum before it was even properly established in Saudi Arabia.
• Some of Prophet Mohammed’s relatives including 107 Muslims came to Ethiopia during the persecution of Muslims in Mecca, and settled in Nejash, Northern Ethiopia and then returned home safely after many years.
• Al-Nejashi in Tigray is the oldest mosque in Africa. The first building was erected in the 7th century.
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አል ነጃሺ መስጊድ
የእስልምና ሃይማኖት ፣ በሳውዲ አረቢያ ስር ከመስደዱ በፊት ቀይባህርን አቋርጦ አክሱም መድረስ ችሏል፡፡
• ጥቂት የነብዩ መሀመድ ዘመዶች እና 107 ያህል ሙስሊሞች በመካ በሙስሊሞች ላይ ተነሳው ማሳደድ ምክንያት በሰሜን ኢትዮጵያ አክሱም አቅራቢያ በነጃሽ ሰፈሩ ፡፡ ከብዙ አመታት የኢትዮጵያ ቆይታ በሁዋላም ወደ ሀገራቸው በሰለማ ተመለሱ፡፡
• በትግራይ የተገነባው አል ነጃሺ መሽጊድ በአፍሪቃ ረጅም ዕድሜ ያለው መስጊድ ነው፡፡ የመጀመሪያው መስጊድ የተሰራው በሰባተኛው ምዕተ አመት ነበር፡፡
admin Heritage debre damo rock hewn church tigray, rock-hewn, Tigray
debre damo rock hewn church tigray
There are about rock-hewn churches in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia.
• Most of them are on precarious cliffs.
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በሰሜን ኢትዮጵያ አብያተ ክርስቲያናት
በሰሜን ኢትዮጵያ በትግራይ ክልል 120 ውቅር አብያተ ክርስቲያናት ይገኛሉ፡፡
• በትግራይ የሚገኙት አብዛኛዎቹ ውቅር አብያተ ክርስቲያናት ፣ አደገኛ በሆነ ገደል ላይ የተፈለፈሉ ናቸው፡፡
admin Heritage Lalibela rock-hewn churches, Wollo
Lalibela rock-hewn churches
The Eleven ancient remarkable rock-hewn churches of lalibela in Wollo are world famous.
• The ‘Bete Medhanialem’ (house of savior of the World) church in Lalibela with dimension of 33.5 meter by 23.5 meters is considered to be the largest rock hewn church in the world.