April 12, 2024
Dinner Menu GANNETA-LEUL PALACE Addis Ababa, Ethiopia HAILE SELASSIE 1953
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Menu GANNETA-LEUL PALACE DINNER 9 November 1953 Folded card menu,14 x 20 cms; cream card with brown lettering and coat of arms on the front, black lettering on the inside; some handling marks but no damage. See pictures The Guenete Leul Palace ("Paradise of Princes") is a palace in Addis Ababa , Ethiopia . It was built by Emperor Haile Selassie in 1930. The Emperor and his family made the palace their main residence, but the seat of government remained at the Imperial Palace . After the Second Italo-Abyssinian War and the Italian occupation , the palace became the residence of the Italian vice-roy . Emperor Haile Selassie moved back to the palace when he returned from exile after the Second World War . During a coup attempt in 1960 several government officials were massacred in the palace. In light of this, the emperor moved to the Jubilee Palace . He gave the Guenete Leul Palace to the Haile Selassie University, which was renamed Addis Ababa University in 1974. The palace was renamed Ras Makonnen hall after the father of the emperor. WILL SHIP WORLDWIDE AN EXCELLENT ADDITION TO ANY COLLECTION NO RESERVE
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