Ethiopia 1, Addis Ababa

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ETHIOPIA
Addis Ababa The Lion of Judah Monument
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ETHIOPIA
Ethiopia, formerly called Abyssinia, is one of
the oldest Christian countries in the world.
Perched atop Africas highest plateau, the
country is protected by forbidding deserts and
tropical lowlands. Despite its apparent
mountainous isolation, Ethiopia has long been a
crossroads for Africa, the Middle East and the
Indian Ocean, and a site of dynamic interaction
between people from throughout the world.
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Ethiopia developed its own written language and
has a sophisticated culture based upon a deep
love of religion.
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In the highlands, Ethiopia's Orthodox Church
predates the Vatican and is one of the oldest
continuously Christian churches in the world.
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The Most Exalted Order of The Queen of Sheba,
Grand Cross Star
A fascinating and rich history includes legends
claiming that the Aksumite Kingdom dates back to
when the Queen of Sheba ruled the land, and that
Ethiopias first king, Menelik I, was the son of
this queen and King Solomon of Israel.
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The Most Exalted Order of The Queen of Sheba,
Grand Cross Badge
Giovanni Demin (1789-1859) Solomon And The Queen
Of Sheba.
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The visit of the queen of Sheba to king
Solomon (Edward Poynter) 1890
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Aida, an Ethiopian princess enslaved in Egypt
National Theatre Prague, Opera Aida, Music
Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901), Apr 26 2014
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Ethiopia, officially known as the Federal
Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country
located in the Horn of Africa. It is bordered by
Eritrea to the north and northeast, Djibouti and
Somalia to the east, Sudan and South Sudan to the
west, and Kenya to the south. With over
93,000,000 inhabitants, Ethiopia is the most
populous landlocked country in the world, as well
as the second-most populated nation on the
African continent. It occupies a total area of
1,100,000 square kilometres (420,000 sq mi), and
its capital and largest city is Addis Ababa.
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The Kingdom of Aksum
Ethiopia is one of the oldest locations of human
life known to scientists and is widely considered
the region from which Homo sapiens first set out
for the Middle East and points beyond. Tracing
its roots to the 2nd millennium BC, Ethiopia was
a monarchy for most of its history. Alongside
Rome, Persia, China and India, the Kingdom of
Aksum was one of the great world powers of the
3rd century. In the 4th century, it was the first
major empire in the world to officially adopt
Christianity as a state religion.
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Ethiopia was the only African country to defeat a
European colonial power and retain its
sovereignty as an independent country. It was the
first independent African member of the
20th-century League of Nations and the UN.
Addis Ababa Bole international airport
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Addis Ababa Bole international airport
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Addis Ababa Bole international airport
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Piero della Francesca Legend of the True Cross -
the Queen of Sheba Meeting with Solomon, Detail.
(c. 1452-66) Fresco, San Francesco, Arezzo, Italy
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Piero della Francesca Legend of the True Cross -
the Queen of Sheba Meeting with Solomon, Detail.
(c. 1452-66) Fresco, San Francesco, Arezzo, Italy
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Addis Ababa City hall
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Addis Ababa Lion of Judah statue outside the
National Theatre
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In 1974, at the end of Haile Selassie I's reign,
power fell to a communist military junta known as
the Derg, backed by the Soviet Union, until it
was defeated by the EPRDF, which has ruled since
about the time of the collapse of the USSR in
1991.
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The Yekatit 12 Square (Sidist Kilo) monument
stands in tribute to the thousands of innocent
martyrs butchered by the Fascist Italian
Occupiers in the (Ethiopian Calendar) year of
1929 (1936 Gregorian Calendar). The massacre took
place at the order of the Italian Vice-Roy
Marshal Grazziani in response to an assassination
attempt against him carried out by two
pro-Ethiopia Eritreans.
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Addis Ababa (the name means 'new flower') is of
fairly recent origin - Menelik II founded the
city in 1887
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Situated in the foothills of the Entoto Mountains
and standing 2,400 metres above sea level it is
the third highest capital in the world. The city
has a population of about four million.
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The Lion of Judah Monument stands in the square
in front of Addis Ababa's train station. The
golden colored statue of the Lion of Judah in its
complete glory stands on a black granite pedestal
which is decorated with relief portraits of
Emperors Menelik II and Haile Selassie I, and
Empress Zewditu, as well as Ras Makonnen.
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The Lion of Judah statue has a very interesting
history. Erected in 1930 just before Emperor
Haile Selassie's coronation, it was looted by the
Italian occupiers in 1935 and taken to Rome,
where it was erected next to the Vittorio
Emanuelle Monument. During the 4th anniversary
celebrations of the proclomation of the Itlian
Empire, Adolf Hitler chose to visit Rome, and
attended the celebratory parades alongside the
Fascist Dictator Musollini and King Victor
Emanuelle III. In the parade were numerous
subjects of Italy's African Empire, including a
young Eritrean named Zerai Deres. Zerai Deres was
marching with other parade members carrying a
ceremonial sword with which to salute the King,
the Fuhrer, and el Duce, at the grandstand. As
the parade marched past the Vittorio Emauelle
monument, Zerai looked up and saw to his shock,
the golden Lion of Judah, the symbol of the
ancient monarchy to which his ancestors had long
owed allegiance, erected as war booty in the
heart of Rome.
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It was too much for him to bear, and he promptly
drew his sword and with tears of anger running
down his face he fell on the first Italian
officer he could find. He killed and wounded
numerous Italian military officers before he was
killed. Zerai Deres is lionized to this day as a
brave Ethiopian patriot. The monument remained in
Rome for several decades, and was finally
returned to Addis Ababa after long negotiations
in the 1960's. When it was re-erected in its
square the day it arrived, the Emperor was
present in military uniform to salute, and to pay
tribute to Zerai Deres. Following the revolution
in 1974, the Dergue regime decided to remove the
statue once more as it was a monarchist symbol.
However, the elderly war veterans association
members appealed to the Dergue to consider the
memory of Zerai Deres and his sacrifice that was
inspired by this very symbol. This act saved the
statue and it stood it all its Imperial glory
right through the Dergue era, and continues to
stand today.
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Addis Ababa Ambassador theater
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January 28th 2012, the African Union (AU)
Conference Center that was constructed with
Chinese government assistance was inaugurated in
Addis Ababa. The African Union Conference Center
is one of Chinas key construction aid projects
for Africa, the undertaking costing 200 million
USD, as well as the the Chinese governments
largest African construction aid project
following the Tanzania-Zambia Railway
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Before moving to the present site of Addis Ababa,
Menelik had established temporary capitals at six
different locations caused by exhausting the fuel
wood at each of these sites
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Addis itself was in danger of being abandoned
until the introduction of fast-growing eucalyptus
trees from Australia provided the city with a
regular source of fuel.
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Jacaranda mimosifolia
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Jacaranda mimosifolia is a sub-tropical tree
native to south-central South America that has
been widely planted elsewhere because of its
beautiful and long-lasting blue flowers. It is
also known as Jacaranda, Black Poui, Blue
Jacaranda, or as the fern tree
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Addis Ababa is an important administrative centre
not only for Ethiopia but also for the whole of
Africa. The headquarters of the UN Economic
Commission for Africa was established here in
1958 and it is the site of the OAU's secretariat.
Besides being the capital city of Ethiopia,
Addis Ababa is also referred to as the capital
city of Africa. One of the reasons why Addis
Ababa earns this privilege is because of being
the home to such prominent headquarters as the
Organization of African Unity and the United
Nations Economic Commission for Africa. In spite
of its historical establishments and 50 years of
journey, the headquarters of UN Economic
Commission for Africa is the owner of the
enthralling African themed Ethiopian works of
Art, which makes it one of the highlights of the
Addis Ababa city. 
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After being greeted by the colorful flags of
African countries inside the compound, it is the
exquisitely embellished foyer of the Africa Hall,
which can literally stop you for admiration.
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Ethiopian art by the late artist Afewer Tekele,
is the highlights of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia all by
itself.  And here are other few places in the
city of Addis Ababa, where visitors can see
paintings by Afewerk Tekele. St. George
Cathedral, The National Museum of Ethiopia, and
Villa Alpha the home and personal museum
designed and constructed by the Artist himself. 
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Monumental window by the artist Afewerk Tekle
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The 150-square-meter stained-glass triptych
covers an entire wall of Africa Hall portray the
Africans of yesterday, today and tomorrow in
their struggle for freedom and evolution. Total
Liberation of Africa 1960-1961, is one of the
many famous works of Ethiopias finest, the
legendary, the one and the only the late Most
Honorable Maître Artiste World Laureate Afework
Tekle (1932-2012). There are other works of art
by other artists  
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With funding from Chinese banks, Ethiopia is
building a light rail network in its capital,
Addis Ababa.
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Once complete, the network will cover almost 70
Kilometers across the city, over which some an
estimated 60,000 passengers will move, every
hour. The project is due to go online in 2015.
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Addis Ababa, Arat kilo, Lion of Judah, statue of
Ethiopian Patriots
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Meyazia 27 Square is the official name of what is
popularly known as Arat Kilo, a name that applies
both to the square and the surrounding district
of the city of Addis Ababa. The monument at the
heart of the Square commemorates the victory over
the fascist Italian invaders, and the struggle
that preceded it (Meyazia 27 on the Ethiopian
Calender, May 5th on the Gregorian Calender, is
both the day that Addis Ababa was occupied by the
Fascists, as well as the day that Emperor Haile
Selassie returned to his capital in triumph
exactly 5 years later).
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This square was the focus of Victory Day
celebrations held on May 5th (Meyazia 27) every
year when the Emperor would lay a wreath here
following his attendance at Mass at Meskia
Hazunan Medhane Alem Church (Church of the Savior
of the World, Consoler of the Grieved).
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The Dergue regime changed the date of Victory Day
to the day that General Cunningham and his
British, South African and Nigerian Troops
actually entered the city. The post Dergue
government in Ethiopia has restored Victory Day
to it's original date.
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Holy Trinity Cathedral (whose dome can be seen in
the background) and the Parliament building are
nearby, as are the present office of the Prime
Minister and the Imperial Palace.
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Dagmawi Menelik II Secondary School is Ethiopia's
first modern school. It was founded by the
Emperor in 1908
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Holy Trinity Cathedral, known in Amharic as
Kidist Selassie, is the highest ranking Orthodox
cathedral in Addis Ababa. It was built to
commemorate Ethiopia's liberation from Italian
occupation and is the second most important place
of worship in Ethiopia, after the Church of Our
Lady Mary of Zion in Axum.
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There are several important monuments from the
Imperial era which have survived the revolution
of 1974. Many that were linked directly to
Emperor Haile Selassie and his immediate family
however were distroyed by the Dergue and have not
survived.
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Ethiopian colorful ceremonial umbrellas
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Celebrations in Ethiopia are great and colorful
events, mostly religious, and frequently take
place over several days
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Sound Alemayehu Eshete - Yeminjarua Loga