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Plate 1The blue Nile is a tributary of Nile, originating at Lake Tana in Ethiopia. Portuguese Bridge, Blue Nile Falls, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
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Portuguese Bridge at Tis Issat (Alata Bridge)

c. 1626 (reign of Emperor Susenyos) · Tis Abay · Amhara · Ethiopia

Medieval · architecture

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The stone bridge over the Blue Nile below the Tis Issat falls, the first bridge on the Nile, built in the reign of Emperor Susenyos with Portuguese-trained masons.

Place: Tis Abay · Amhara · Ethiopia
Date: c. 1626 (reign of Emperor Susenyos)
Structure or site: Architecture & ruins
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