ʾAzazo
Francesca Panini
Names
አዘዞ፡↗ normalized: ʾAzazo↗ Gondar↗ ʾƎč̣č̣age Bet↗ Gondar↗ Dabra Libānos↗ Šawā↗ ʾAzazo Takla Hāymānot↗
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History
history: ʾAzazo is a town located 13 km ca. southwest of the historic city of Gondar↗ . During the 17th century, it became a major religious and political centre and it remained a royal residence and a residence of the ? for much of the 18th and 19th century. Under ? Susǝnyos↗ it became an important residence for both the ? and the Jesuits. It remained the seat of the ? until the 19th century, even after the establishment of the quarter of ʾƎč̣č̣age Bet↗ in Gondar↗ . ʾAzazo was the place where the monastery of Dabra Libānos↗ was relocated from the Šawā↗ (cfr. ʾAzazo Takla Hāymānot↗ ).
Secondary Bibliography
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Mulatu Wubneh 2003. ‘Azäzo’, in S. Uhlig, ed., Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, I (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2003), 415b–416b.
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Mulatu Wubneh 2003. ‘Azäzo Täklä Haymanot’, in S. Uhlig, ed., Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, I (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2003), 416b–418a.
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t:country | ኢትዮጵያ |
regional state | ʾAmharā kǝllǝl |
province | በጌምድር |
zone | Samen Gondar |
Coordinates | 12.5500 37.4333 |
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Francesca Panini, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, Eugenia Sokolinski, Solomon Gebreyes, ʻʾAzazoʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 19.1.2020) https://betamasaheft.eu/places/LOC1669Azazo [Accessed: 2024-04-25+02:00]
Revisions of the data
- Solomon Gebreyes added Wiki id on 19.1.2020
- Francesca Panini made corrections to place name structure and info required as per Eugenia's email dated 24/08/2016 and changed xml:lang to Amharic on 22.9.2016
- Francesca Panini added info to record on 22.8.2016
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo harmonized typology based on Eugenia indication in Issue 48. on 27.4.2016
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Created file from google spreadsheet on 21.3.2016
- Eugenia Sokolinski CREATED: place on 9.2.2016
Attributions of the contents
Francesca Panini, editor
Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor
Eugenia Sokolinski, contributor
Solomon Gebreyes, contributor