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Royal Hill of Ambohimanga- UNESCO World Heritage site, ensemble of sacred places

Baku, September 21, AZERTAC
The Royal Hill of Ambohimanga consists of a royal city and burial site, and an ensemble of sacred places.
It is associated with strong feelings of national identity, and has maintained its spiritual and sacred character both in ritual practice and the popular imagination for the past 500 years.
It remains a place of worship to which pilgrims come from Madagascar and elsewhere.
The Royal Hill of Ambohimanga comprises a system of fortifications with a series of ditches and fourteen fortified stone gateways, a royal city consisting of a coherent suite of buildings divided by a royal enclosure and associating a public place (the Fidasiana), royal trees, a seat of justice and other natural or built places of cult, an ensemble of sacred places as well as agricultural lands.
The royal city comprises two palaces and a small pavilion, an “ox pit”, two sacred basins and four royal tombs. In addition, the designated property shelters vestiges of a primary forest conserving numerous endemic and medicinal plant species.
Malagasy nation accords primary importance and absolute respect of the Royal Hill of Ambohimanga, that they visit to imbibe the spirituality of the place, for renewal and request blessing and protection for all that they undertake in life.
Inscribed in UNESCO World Heritage List in 2001, it is also a cult and pilgrimage place for the nation, as well as for numerous foreigners, and has been so for centuries.

 

Culture 2022-09-21 09:44:00