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Adigrat (Ge'ez: ዓዲግራት) is a city and separate woreda in the Tigray Region (or ''kilil'') of Ethiopia. Located in the Misraqawi Zone at longitude and latitude with an elevation of 2457 meters above sea level, below a high ridge to the west, Adigrat is the last important Ethiopian city south of the border with Eritrea, and is considered to be a strategically important gateway to Eritrea and the Red Sea. Adigrat was part of Ganta Afeshum woreda before a separate woreda was created for the city. == Sites of Interest == Adigrat, the capital of the Agame district, has an interesting aristocratic history. In town are the remnants of two castles from the Zemene Mesafint ("Era of Princes"),(ዘመነ መሳፍንት) one ''(pictured)'' owned by Dej Desta, the other by the Ras Sebhat Aregawi. Other sites of interest: *19th century Adigrat Chirkos - was strategically built on a hill near Dej Desta's castle, so that Desta could see the church from his bedroom balcony. *A few years after World War II land was obtained in the centre of Adigrat at a site called "Welwalo". In view of the possibility that one day it might become a church, the "Holy Saviour" was built and used regularly as a parish church. After the establishment of the Ethiopian Catholic hierarchy in 1961 that church was destined to become the cathedral of the Eparchy of Adigrat. After appropriate modifications were made the formal and official consecration of the Cathedral Catholic of the Holy Saviour took place on 19 April 1969. It has an Italian design, but incorporates work by Ethiopian artist Afewerk Tekle.〔Frances Linzee Gordon, Jean Bernard Carillet ''Ethiopia and Eritrea'' (Lonely Planet, 2003) pp. 168f.〕 *Italian War cemetery commemorates some 765 Italian soldiers who died between 1935 and 1938.〔 *Adigrat also hosts a market, and a newly constructed community park. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Adigrat」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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