Gorgorā
Francesca Panini
Names
ጎርጎራ፡↗ normalized: Gorgorā↗ alt: ጐርጎራ፡↗ normalized: Gʷargorā↗ Ṭānā↗ ʾAmhārā↗ Dambǝyā↗ katamā↗ New Gorgorā↗ New Gorgorā↗ Faro della Conquista↗ Vetta Mussolini↗
ጎርጎራ፡am
alt: ጐርጎራ፡am
General information
description: Gorgorā is a peninsula on the north of the LakeṬānā↗ . It is 12 km wide in its southern part and stands on a strategical location, an elevated rocky promontory overlooking the lake and next to a series of islands suitable for providing shelter. The peninsula is located in today's ʾAmhārā↗ Regional State while it once formed part of Dambǝyā↗ . Gorgorā gained its prominence under the Jesuits as a missionary residence and a major Catholic church thanks to a land grant offered by ? Susǝnyos↗ in 1607. In 1611, Susǝnyos↗ established a katamā↗ in Gorgorā and in 1621 he asked the Jesuits to build a royal palace to the south-west, in an area that became known as New Gorgorā↗ . After the restoration of Orthodoxy, New Gorgorā↗ was the first residence to be abandoned by the missionaries and, in 1665, ? Fāsiladas↗ ordered the burning of the "books of Franks". The Italians seized the Gorgorā peninsula on 14 April 1936 and in 1938 inaugurated the Faro della Conquista↗ on the Vetta Mussolini↗ .
Secondary Bibliography
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Martínez d’Alòs-Moner, A. 2005. ‘Gorgora’, in S. Uhlig, ed., Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, II (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2005), 853a–855a.
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Nosnitsin, D. 2005. ‘Dämbǝya’, in S. Uhlig, ed., Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, II (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2005), 75b–77a.
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Pankhurst, R. 2005. ‘Dǝḵana’, in S. Uhlig, ed., Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, II (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2005), 128a.
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Avanzini, A., N. Nebes, W. W. Müller, G. Fiaccadori, S. A. Frantsouzoff, and A. Gori 2007. ‘Inscriptions’, in S. Uhlig, ed., Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, III (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2007), 152a–167b.
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Fiaccadori, G. and G. Calchi Novati 2007. ‘Italy, relations with’, in S. Uhlig, ed., Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, III (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2007), 236a–244b.
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Martínez d’Alòs-Moner, A. 2010. ‘Páez, Pedro’, in S. Uhlig and A. Bausi, eds, Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, IV (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2010), 89a–90b.
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Thomaz, L. F., A. Martínez d’Alòs-Moner, and J. J. Hespeler-Boultbee 2010. ‘Portugal, relations with’, in S. Uhlig and A. Bausi, eds, Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, IV (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2010), 180a–183b.
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Crummey, D. 2010. ‘Täklä Haymanot I’, in S. Uhlig and A. Bausi, eds, Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, IV (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2010), 834b–835a.
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Lachal, M. and A. Gascon 2010. ‘Ṭana’, in S. Uhlig and A. Bausi, eds, Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, IV (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2010), 855b–857b.
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Nosnitsin, D. 2014. ‘Yasay’, in A. Bausi and S. Uhlig, eds, Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, V (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2014), 32a–32b.
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Fiaccadori, G. 2014. ‘Sinai’, in A. Bausi and S. Uhlig, eds, Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, V (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2014), 511b–515a.
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t:country | ኢትዮጵያ |
regional state | ʾAmharā kǝllǝl |
province | በጌምድር |
zone | Samen Gondar |
Coordinates | 12.233333 37.300000 |
Altitude | 1850m |
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Francesca Panini, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, Eugenia Sokolinski, ʻGorgorāʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2016-11-18) https://betamasaheft.eu/places/LOC3589Gorgor [Accessed: 2024-05-19]
Revisions of the data
- Francesca Panini Francesca Panini: added link to GeoNames entity on 18.11.2016
- Francesca Panini Francesca Panini: made corrections to place name structure and info required as per Eugenia's email dated 24/08/2016 on 23.9.2016
- Francesca Panini Francesca Panini: corrections on 19.8.2016
- Francesca Panini Francesca Panini: updated record with info and relations on 5.8.2016
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Pietro Maria Liuzzo: harmonized typology based on Eugenia indication in Issue 48. on 27.4.2016
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Pietro Maria Liuzzo: Created file from google spreadsheet on 21.3.2016
- Eugenia Sokolinski Eugenia Sokolinski: CREATED: place on 9.2.2016
Attributions of the contents
Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor
Eugenia Sokolinski, contributor