MedievalarchitectureWalls and Gates of Harar Jugol
The wall of Harar Jugol with its five historic gates, enclosing the fortified Muslim city of the Harari plateau.
- Date
- 16th century (emirate of Nur ibn Mujahid)
- Type
- Architecture & ruins
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MedievalarchitectureThe wall of Harar Jugol with its five historic gates, enclosing the fortified Muslim city of the Harari plateau.
MedievalarchitectureThe Jamia (Friday) mosque of Harar Jugol, the congregational mosque of the walled city with its twin white minarets; the present building is of the 19th century on a far older foundation.
MedievalarchitectureThe domed tomb of Emir Nur ibn Mujahid in Harar Jugol, the ruler who built the city wall; a whitewashed beehive dome within the old town.
ModernarchitectureThe so-called Rimbaud House in Harar Jugol, a tall timber-galleried merchant's house of the late 19th century built by an Indian trader, now the Arthur Rimbaud museum.
ModernarchitectureThe House of Ras Tafari in Harar, the Indian-style merchant's house in which the future Haile Selassie lived as governor of Harar, now a museum.
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