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Daren Destination Guide

Touring Daren in Ethiopia

Daren in the region of Tigray Region is a city located in Ethiopia - some 353 mi or ( 568 km ) North of Addis Ababa , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Daren

Time in Daren is now 04:30 PM (Saturday) . The local timezone is named " Africa/Addis Ababa " with a UTC offset of 3 hours. Depending on your travel resources, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Jizan, Yaha, Tekle Haymanot, Massawa, and Mek'ele. Being here already, consider visiting Jizan . We collected some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Check out our recommendations for Daren ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Ark of the Covenant Procession Axum Ethiopia Feb 9, 2011

9:44 min by Sandy Leeder
Views: 6243 Rating: 5.00

Pre-dawn procession of the Ark of the Covenant from St Mary's Church through Axum and back to the Church after daybreak. ..

Trip 2 - Axum to Yeha Temple Part I.avi

10:01 min by MorganCarrBikeAdv
Views: 412 Rating: 5.00

Part 1 of 2 detailing my motorbike trip from Axum to Debre Damo via Yeha temple. As with the lalibela trip this was done on a locally sourced motorbike which I organised by simply stopping motorbike r ..


Trip 2 - Axum to Yeha Temple Part II.avi

8:06 min by MorganCarrBikeAdv
Views: 288 Rating: 0.00

This is part 2 of the axum to yeha temple trip. Unfortunately i had to split this trip into 2 parts as it was over 15 mins and i couldnt really see how i could cut out 3 mins of it. ..

teopneutica 5 comandamento

1:24 min by Pierfrancesco Rovere
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il 5° comanadamento insegna non ammazzare. solo chi porta la Pace può essere considerato Ebreo, Cristiano o Islamico. Chi uccide é un assassino. Ad Aksum la tradizione racconta che ci siano le tavole ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Adwa

Adwa (also spelled Adowa, Aduwa, or Adua in Italian) is a market town and separate woreda in northern Ethiopia, and best known as the community closest to the decisive Battle of Adowa fought in 1896 with Italian troops. Notably, Ethiopian soldiers won the battle, thus being the only African nation to thwart European colonialism.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 14.17 38.90 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: Populated places in the Tigray Region

Abba Garima Monastery

Abba Garima Monastery is an Ethiopian Orthodox monastery, located some 5 kilometres east of Adwa, in the Mehakelegnaw Zone of the Tigray Region of northern Ethiopia. Founded in the sixth century by one of the Nine Saints, Abba Garima and built by King Gabra Masqal (also Gebre Meskel), it became known for its early manuscript copy of the gospels and its treasury.

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Located at 14.16 38.95 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: 6th-century establishments in Ethiopia, Christian monasteries established in the 6th century, Christian monasteries in Ethiopia, Tigray Region

La'ilay Maychew

La'ilay Maychew (Tigrinya "Upper Salty Water") is one of the woredas in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Mehakelegnaw Zone, La'ilay Maychew is bordered on the south by Naeder Adet, on the west by Tahtay Maychew, on the north by Mereb Lehe, and on the east by Adwa. Town of Axum is surrounded by La'ilay Maychew; other towns in La'ilay Maychew include Mahibere Degue. High points in this woreda include Bet Giyorgis (2450 meters) and May Koho (2335 meters).

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Located at 14.17 38.75 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
Tags: Tigray Region, Woredas of Ethiopia

Ezana Stone

The Ezana stone is an artifact from the ancient Kingdom of Aksum. It is a stone monument which documents the conversion of King Ezana to Christianity and his subjugation of various neighboring peoples, including Meroë. From AD 330 to 356 King Ezana ruled the ancient Aksumite kingdom in the Horn of Africa.

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Located at 14.12 38.73 (Lat./Long.); Less than 14 km away
Tags: 4th-century artefacts, Axum (city), Axumite steles, Ge'ez language, Greek inscriptions, Multilingual texts, Stones

Adwa (woreda)

Adwa is one of the woredas in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Mehakelegnaw Zone, Adwa is bordered on the south by Werie Lehe, on the west by La'ilay Maychew, on the north by Mereb Lehe, and on the east by Enticho. Town of Adwa is surrounded by Adwa woreda.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 14.25 38.92 (Lat./Long.); Less than 15 km away
Tags: Tigray Region, Woredas of Ethiopia