Old Portuguese bridge
Ethiopia /
Amhara /
Bahir Dar /
World
/ Ethiopia
/ Amhara
/ Bahir Dar
From Wikipedia:
A short distance downstream from the falls sits the first stone bridge constructed in Ethiopia, built at the command of Emperor Susenyos in 1626. According to Manuel de Almeida, stone for making lime had been found nearby along the tributary Alata, and a craftsman who had come from India with Afonso Mendes, the Catholic Patriarch of Ethiopia, supervised the construction.
A short distance downstream from the falls sits the first stone bridge constructed in Ethiopia, built at the command of Emperor Susenyos in 1626. According to Manuel de Almeida, stone for making lime had been found nearby along the tributary Alata, and a craftsman who had come from India with Afonso Mendes, the Catholic Patriarch of Ethiopia, supervised the construction.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tis_Issat
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 11°29'14"N 37°35'39"E
- Tis Isat Island 2.4 km
- Abay Island 7.6 km
- Abay Island No. 9 14 km
- Bahir Dar University 23 km
- BDU Faculty of Engineering 25 km
- Debre Maryam 26 km
- Bahir Dar Airport 33 km
- Runway 04/22 33 km
- Zegé 37 km
- Lake Tana 60 km