Ethiopia is a stunning country that offers the largest Cultural Heritage of Sub-Saharan Africa, built over centuries by some of the oldest Jewish, Christian (Orthodox) and Muslim communities on earth, and by Empires which influence spread much further than African boundaries…
The Northern Historical Route (Bahir Dar, Gonder, Lalibela, Aksum, Tigray), in the highlands of Ethiopia, but also Harar in the East, take the visitors through the grandeurs of Ethiopian Christian Orthodox culture, with stunning Rock-Hewn Churches and Monasteries, but also through the vestiges of the various Ethiopian Empires, starting with the legendary Queen of Sheba and ending in the 20th Century.
- Arthur Rimbaud’s House, Harar
- One of Harar’s 82 Mosques
- At the Market in Harar
- Dire Dawa’s Market
- At the Market in Harar
- Dire Dawa’s Market, East Ethiopia
- Dire Dawa’s Market
- Hyenas Feeding, Harar
- Hyenas Feeding, Harar
- King Ezana’s Stele, Main Stelae Field, Aksum
- Rome Stele or Aksum Obelisk, Main Stelae Field, Aksum
- The Great Stele, Main Stelae Field, Aksum
- Chapel of the Ark Of Covenant, Aksum
- Religious Wall Paintings, St. Mary of Zion, Aksum
- Religious Wall Paintings, St. Mary of Zion, Aksum
- Dongar, Queen of Sheba’s Palace, Aksum
- The Tombs of King Gebre Meskel, Aksum
- Ethiopian Road
- Simien Mountains National Park
- Simien Mountains National Park
- Simien Mountains National Park
- Bearded Vulture, Simien Mountains National Park
- Rüppell’s Vulture, Simien Mountains National Park
- Gelada Monkey or Gelada Baboon, Simien Mountains National Park
- Gelada Monkey or Gelada Baboon, Simien Mountains National Park
- Fasilida’s Casstle, Fasil Ghebbi, the Royal Enclosure, Gonder
- Fasilida’s Casstle, Fasil Ghebbi, the Royal Enclosure, Gonder
- Religious Student’s Village near Debre Berhan Selassie Church, Gonder
- Lake Tana, Bahir Dar from a Plane
- The Source of the Blue Nile at Lake Tana, Bahir Dar
- Bet Maryam Monastery, Lake Tana, Bahir Dar
- Ura Kidane Mihret Monastery, Lake Tana, Bahir Dar
- Religious Wall Paintings, Azewa Mariam Monastery, Lake Tana
- Religious Wall Paintings, Betremariam Monastery, Lake Tana, Bahir Dar
- Religious Wall Paintings, Azewa Mariam Monastery, Lake Tana
- Religious Wall Paintings, Betremariam Monastery, Lake Tana, Bahir Dar
- 17th Century Portuguese Bridge, near the Blue Nile Falls
- Bet Giyorgis Rock-Hewn Church, Lalibela
- Bet Giyorgis Rock-Hewn Church, Lalibela
- Bet Giyorgis Rock-Hewn Church, Lalibela
- Old Priest near Bet Medhane Alem Rock-Hewn Church, Southern Cluster, Lalibela
- Bet Medhane Alem Rock-Hewn Church, Southern Cluster, Lalibela
- Priest at Bet Abba Libanos Rock-Hewn Church, Northern Cluster, Lalibela
- Market in Lalibela
- Children Posing for the Picture, Lalibela, Ethiopia, Africa
- Surroundings of Lalibela at Sunrise
- Old Woman near Bilbilla Chirkos, Around Lalibela
- Abraha We Atsbeha, Wukro Cluster, Rock-Hewn Church of Tigray
- Religious Wall Paintings at Wukro Cherkos, Rock-Hewn Church of Tigray
- Priest at Abuna Yemata Guh, Rock-Hewn Church of Tigray
Awesome photography Gilles, I always dream of going to Ethiopia. You are a lucky person! Keep the good work going.
Thanks, Absar!
Ethiopia is indeed a stunning country, and yes, I am lucky to have been able to go there 3 times…
I will do my best to keep on going 😉
Cheers, Gilles