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The building in this photograph is called the Library of Emperor Yohannes I. Emperor Yohannes I was the fourth son of Emperor Fasilides. Yohannes is believed to have reigned from 1667 to 1682.

The website ArchiAfrica offers the following information about the Library:

"The Library . . . , a petite square battlemented building, with [rounded] windows covered with beige plaster with tuff frames, with stucco decorations interior was supposedly a book storage or a love house for the newlyweds, according to different sources. The site was largely restored during the occupation of the Italian Mussolinian army between 1938 and 1941."

www.archiafrika.org/gondar.aspThe Ethiopian city of Gondar, north of Lake Tana, is a former imperial capital. Founded by Emperor Fasilides in about 1635, Gondar was Ethiopia's capital until 1855.

During periods of instability, Gondar was repeatedly sacked, leaving most of the imperial buildings in a state of romantic ruin.
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The Ruins at Gondar, Ethiopia - Library of Emperor Yohannes I

Author A. Davey from Where I Live Now: Pacific Northwest

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