The walls surrounding this sacred Muslim city were built between the 13th and 16th centuries. Harar Jugol, said to be the fourth holiest city of Islam, numbers 82 mosques, three of which date from the ...

1. Having examined Documents WHC-06/30.COM/8B and WHC-06/30.COM/INF.8B.1, 2. Inscribes Harar Jugol, the Fortified Historical Town, Ethiopia, on the World Heritage List on the basis of criteria (ii), ...

The main gate into Harar Jugol, the old walled city, with a portrait of Abd Allah ash-Shakur, the last Emir of Harar who led the defence of the city against the forces of Menelik II [Jaclynn Ashly ...

2006 30COM 8B.34 - Nominations of Cultural Properties to the World Heritage List (Harar Jugol, the fortified historic town) 2005 29COM 8B.21 - Nominations of Cultural Properties to the World Heritage ...