Woman selling fruit in a market stall in Gonder, Gonder, Ethiopia, Africa

View over Gonder and the Royal Enclosure from the top of Fasiladas' Palace, Gonder, Gonder region, Ethiopia, Africa

Portrait of local girl, Green fertile fields and yellow Meskel flowers in bloom after the rains, Ethiopian Highlands near the Simien mountains and Gonder, Ethiopia, Africa

Portrait of a beautiful Ethiopian woman in the countryside near Gonder, The Ethiopian Highlands, Ethiopia, Africa

Fasiladas' Palace, The Royal Enclosure, Gonder, Ethiopia, Nortern Ethiopia, Africa

View over Gonder and the Royal Enclosure from the top of Fasiladas' Palace, Gonder, Gonder region, Ethiopia, Africa

man standing next to Bananas in a market stall in Gonder, Gonder, Ethiopia, Africa

Fasiladas' Palace, The Royal Enclosure, Gonder, Ethiopia, Nortern Ethiopia, Africa

Portait of a Holy man on pilgrimage in Gonder, Gonder, Ethiopia, Africa

View over Gonder and the Royal Enclosure from the top of Fasiladas' Palace, Gonder, Gonder region, Ethiopia, Africa

View over Gonder and the Royal Enclosure from the top of Fasiladas' Palace, Gonder, Gonder region, Ethiopia, Africa

Fasiladas' Palace, The Royal Enclosure, Gonder, Ethiopia, Nortern Ethiopia, Africa

Fasiladas' Palace, The Royal Enclosure, Gonder, Ethiopia, Nortern Ethiopia, Africa

The famous painting on the ceiling of the winged heads of 80 Ethiopian cherubs, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Trinity of the Mount of Light, Gonder, Debre Selassie Church, Ethiopia, Africa

The famous painting on the ceiling of the winged heads of 80 Ethiopian cherubs, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Gonder, Debre Berhan Selassie Church, Ethiopia, Africa

Trinity of the Mount of Light, UNESCO World Hetitage Site, Debre Berhan Selassie Church, Gonder, Ethiopia, Africa

Typical street scene in Gonder, Gonder, Gonder region, Ethiopia, Africa

Acacia tree and yellow Meskel flowers in bloom after the rains, Green fertile fields, Ethiopian Highlands near the Simien mountains and Gonder, Ethiopia, Africa

Acacia tree and yellow Meskel flowers in bloom after the rains, Green fertile fields, Ethiopian Highlands near the Simien mountains and Gonder, Ethiopia, Africa

Typical street scene, Gonder, Gonder region, Ethiopia, Africa

Trinity of the Mount of Light, UNESCO World Hetitage Site, Debre Berhan Selassie Church, Gonder, Ethiopia, Africa

Royal Enclosure, Ethiopia, Africa

Typical street scene, Gonder, Gonder region, Ethiopia, Africa

Typical street scene, Gonder, Gonder region, Ethiopia, Africa

Some of Ethiopia's finest ecclesiastical artwork adorns the walls of Debre Berhan Selassie Church, Gondar, Ethiopia, Africa

104 winged Ethiopian cherubs adorn the famous ceiling in Debre Berhan Selassie Church, Gondar, Ethiopia, Africa

A tourist shop in the village of Wolleka, home of the Falashas or Ethiopian Jews, near Gondar, Ethiopia, Africa

Library and Fasiladas Archive, Royal Enclosure Fasil Ghebbi, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Gonder, Gondar, Amhara, Ethiopia, Africa

Priest, Gondar, Ethiopia, Africa

Historic Emperor Bakaffa Banqueting Hall, Royal Enclosure Fasil Ghebbi, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Gonder, Gondar, Amhara, Ethiopia, Africa

Historic Fasiladas Palace, Royal Enclosure Fasil Ghebbi, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Gonder, Gondar, Amhara, Ethiopia, Africa

Historic Fasiladas Palace, Royal Enclosure Fasil Ghebbi, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Gonder, Gondar, Amhara, Ethiopia, Africa

Debre Berhan Selassie Church in Gonder. The interior of the church is covered with paintings showing stories from the old and the new testament as well as miracles from different saints. The paintings are painted on a fabric, which was glued to the wall. Unique is the ceiling with more than 100 faces of angels looking down on the believers, Africa, East Africa, Ethiopia, Gonder

Fasil Ghebbi, fortress like royal enclosure, Gonder, Ethiopia. View from Fasiladas palace, in the middle the library of Johannes I. The library was renovated during the italian occupation, Africa, East Africa, Ethiopia, Gonder, September 2010