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Fasil Ghebbi

Cultural World Heritage property in Ethiopia, inscribed in 1979 under criteria (ii), (iii).

Fasil Ghebbi, Ethiopia
Photo: A.Savin · FAL · Wikimedia Commons
Aflaj Irrigation System of OmanAl-Ahsa OasisAl-Balad, JeddahAncient Thebes with its NecropolisArchaeological Sites of the Island of MeroeAsmara: A Modernist African CityAt-Turaif DistrictAxumBahla FortBahrain Pearling TrailBale Mountains National ParkBat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn archaeological sitesBir Hima Rock Petroglyphs and InscriptionsBoma-Badingilo Migratory LandscapeBwindi Impenetrable National ParkCultural Sites of Al Ain (Hafit, Hili, Bidaa Bint Saud and Oases Areas)Dilmun Burial MoundsEnnedi PlateauFasil GhebbiGaramba National ParkGebel Barkal and the Sites of the Napatan RegionHarar Jugol, the Fortified Historic TownJabal Al FayahKasubi TombsKenya Lake System in the Great Rift ValleyKonso Cultural LandscapeLake Turkana National ParksLakes of OuniangaLand of FrankincenseLandmarks of the Ancient Kingdom of SabaLower Valley of the AwashManovo-Gounda St. Floris National ParkMelka KuntureMonolithic churches in LalibelaMount Kenya National ParkNubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to PhilaeOkapi Wildlife ReserveOld Sana'aOmo RiverQal’at al BahrainQalhatQaryat al-FawRwenzori Mountains National ParkSanganeb Marine National Park and Dungonab Bay – Mukkawar Island Marine National ParkSangha TrinationalShibamSimien Mountains National ParkSocotra ArchipelagoThe Gedeo Cultural LandscapeThimlich OhingaTiya archaeological site'Uruq Bani Ma'aridVirunga National ParkWadi WurayahZabidZubarah12.608° N, 37.470° E
State Party
Ethiopia
Region
Africa
Year of inscription
1979
Criteria
iiiii
Location
Gondar
What it is
fortress, cultural heritage
Component parts
7 (serial property)
Reference
WHC 19 · Wikidata Q464695

Why it is on the List

(ii)Shows a major exchange of ideas — in architecture, technology, art, town planning or landscape design — over time or across a cultural area.(iii)A unique or exceptional witness to a cultural tradition or a civilisation, living or vanished.
nearby

Closest World Heritage sites

Straight-line distance between the recorded coordinates.

Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia91 kmSimien Mountains National ParkEthiopia · 1978NaturalMonolithic churches in Lalibela, Ethiopia182 kmMonolithic churches in LalibelaEthiopia · 1978CulturalAxum, Ethiopia216 kmAxumEthiopia · 1980CulturalAsmara: A Modernist African City, Eritrea342 kmAsmara: A Modernist African CityEritrea · 2017CulturalLower Valley of the Awash, Ethiopia378 kmLower Valley of the AwashEthiopia · 1980CulturalMelka Kunture, Ethiopia452 kmMelka KuntureEthiopia · 2024Cultural
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