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Chancellery of Yohannes I (also named Fasilides Archive) in the Fasil Ghebbi, Gondar, Ethiopia — Plate 1Chancellery of Yohannes I (also named Fasilides Archive) in the Fasil Ghebbi, Gondar, Ethiopia
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Chancellery of Yohannes I (also named Fasilides Archive) in the Fasil Ghebbi, Gondar, Ethiopia — Chancellery of Yohannes I (also named Fasilides Archive) in the Fasil Ghebbi, Gondar, EthiopiaBernard Gagnon · CC BY-SA 3.0 · via Wikimedia CommonsRightsCC BY-SA 3.0, as stated on the file's Wikimedia Commons record (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0).
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Chancellery and Library of Yohannes I, Fasil Ghebbi

late 17th century (reign of Yohannes I) · Gondar · Amhara · Ethiopia

Medieval · architecture

What the record shows

The chancellery and library of Emperor Yohannes I in the Fasil Ghebbi, paired lime-washed pavilions attributed to his reign.

Place: Gondar · Amhara · Ethiopia
Date: late 17th century (reign of Yohannes I)
Structure or site: Architecture & ruins
Holding: Wikimedia Commons

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Catalogue details and identifications are retained with their source.

Wikimedia Commons category — Chancellery of Yohannes I catalogue
Wikimedia Commons — Chancellery of Yohannes I 01 photograph
Wikimedia Commons — Library of Yohannes I 03 photograph
UNESCO World Heritage listing — Fasil Ghebbi, Gondar Region heritage_listing

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