Rās Bet
Francesca Panini
Names
ራስ፡ ቤት፡↗ normalized: Rās Bet↗ alt: ራስ፡ ግምብ፡↗ normalized: Rās Gǝmb↗ Gondar↗
ራስ፡ ቤት፡am
alt: ራስ፡ ግምብ፡am
General information
description: This is a miniature castle built in the mid-18th century in Gondar↗ to serve as the headquarters of the noblemen that effectively governed the kingdom in the second half of the 18th century. During the Italian occupation, it served as the seat of the Italian Vice-Regal authority.
Foundation date
mid-18th century
Secondary Bibliography
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Berry, L. B., J. Quirin, and D. Crummey 2005. ‘Gondär’, in S. Uhlig, ed., Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, II (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2005), 838a–848a.
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t:country | ኢትዮጵያ |
regional state | ʾAmharā kǝllǝl |
province | በጌምድር |
zone | Samen Gondar |
town | Gondar |
Coordinates | 12.6000 37.4666 |
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Francesca Panini, ʻRās Betʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2016-09-23) https://betamasaheft.eu/places/LOC6551RasB [Accessed: 2024-05-16]
Revisions of the data
- Francesca Panini Francesca Panini: new record on 23.9.2016