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Equestrian statue of Emperor Menelik II in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Menelik is remembered for leading Ethiopian troops against the Kingdom of Italy in the First Italo-Ethiopian War, where he scored a decisive victory at the Battle of Adwa in 1896 and secured Ethiopian independence.
Addis Ababa is the capital and largest city of Ethiopia.
King Ezana's Stela is a 21 m (69 ft) obelisk in the ancient city of Axum, Ethiopia. The monument, which dates to the 4th century A.D., stands at the center of Northern Stelae Park with hundreds of smaller stelae. In 2007-08, the stela was structurally consolidated and today is braced to prevent further leaning.
National treasures -- reliquaries, crowns, and an ancient velum book -- from the Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion in Axum, Ethiopia. The church also claims to have the Ark of the Covenant, but only a single guardian monk, appointed for life, may view and pray before the Ark.
The Royal Enclosure or Fasil Ghebbi (Fasil’s Enclosure) is the remains of a fortress city in Gondar, Ethiopia, founded in the 17th century by Emperor Fasilides (Fasil).
The Church of Saint George, located in a mountainous region of Ethiopia called Lalibela, where 11 churches were carved out of rock in the 12th and 13th centuries. The layout and names of the major buildings are widely accepted to be a symbolic representation of Jerusalem. In 1978, UNESCO declared the churches a World Heritage Site.
The Portuguese Bridge, near Debre Libanos in the Oromia region of Ethiopia, is a footbridge that locals claim dates to the 16th or 17th century (a period when Portugal assisted the Ethiopian monarchy). It was in fact built in the early 19th century in the old Portuguese style.
The Simien Mountains are located in northern Ethiopia; the highest peak is Ras Dashen at 4,543 m. The Simien National Park was one of the first locations to be recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage site for its conservation of threatened species.
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