Gondershe

Coordinates: 1°47′55″N 44°54′28″E / 1.79861°N 44.90778°E / 1.79861; 44.90778
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Gondershe (

Geledi sultanate's in the past history as well as a town, the residence of gendershe is belong to Gendershe in the Lower Shabelle region of Southwest State of Somalia.[1]
It is noted for its various historical structures.

Gondershe
Gondeershe
El Torreh
Town
Historical citadel ruins in Gondershe.
Historical citadel ruins in Gondershe.
Gondershe is located in Somalia
Gondershe
Gondershe
Coordinates: 1°47′55″N 44°54′28″E / 1.79861°N 44.90778°E / 1.79861; 44.90778
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Overview

Main articles: Ajuran Sultanate and Somali aristocratic and court titles

Gondershe is situated about 35 kilometers northeast of Merca and about 30 kilometers southwest of Mogadishu.[3][4]

It is an ancient stone city built on a coastal

Somali architecture, such as coral stone houses, fortifications, tombs and mosques. The town contains a shrine to Aw Usman Garweeyne (Garweyne).[5]

The town is said to date from the medieval

Persia and the Far East. This is supported by early maps, and an initial archaeological survey.[6]

Gondershe later evolved into a popular tourist attraction during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. The film La Conchiglia (1992) by the award-winning Somali filmmaker Abdulkadir Ahmed Said was also shot here, and features the town's local residents.[7]

See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ Jönsson, Sune. Archaeological Research Co-operation between Somalia and Sweden: Report on a Three-Month Visit to Somalia in 1982. No. 1. Central board of national antiquities, 1983.
  2. ^ Google Maps
  3. ^ Universität Frankfurt am Main. Frobenius-Institut, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Kulturmorphologie, Frobenius Gesellschaft, Paideuma: Mitteilungen zur Kulturkunde, Volumes 26-28, (F. Steiner: 1980), p.202.
  4. ^ Burke, Jason; Mumin, Abdalle Ahmed (3 December 2020). "CIA officer killed in Somali raid on suspected al-Shabaab bomb-maker". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 3 December 2020.
  5. ISBN 978-0-8108-4344-8
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  6. ^ Jama, Ahmed Dualeh (1996). The Origins and Development of Mogadishu AD 1000 to 1850: A Study of Urban Growth Along the Benadir Coast of Southern Somalia (PDF). Studies in African Archaeology 12. Uppsala: Societas Archaeologica Upsaliensis by the University of Uppsala. p. 18. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 December 2020.
  7. ^ Xodo, Chiara (August 2008). "Catalogo Audiovisivi (con schede didattiche)" (PDF). Centro Interculturale Millevoci, Provincia Autonoma di Trento Dipartimento Istruzione. p. 31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2009. Retrieved 25 September 2009.


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