Archaeological site of Great Zimbabwe (Great Zimbabwe) description and photos - Zimbabwe: Masvingo
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Archaeological Site of Great Zimbabwe (Great Zimbabwe) description and photos - Zimbabwe: Masvingo. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The name in English is Great Zimbabwe. Photo and descriptionIn addition to the wild African nature, Zimbabwe is also famous for its distinctive and ancient culture. Greater Zimbabwe is believed to have been the main shrine and cult center of the Shona (Bantu people) ancestors. The city was founded ca. 1130 A.D. e. and existed for two to three centuries. In ancient times, it was the center of the Monomotapa state, also known as the power of Great (Great) Zimbabwe, Muene Mutapa or Munhumutapa. At one time it was believed that it was here that the famous mines of King Solomon were located. Many monuments of this ancient civilization have survived on the territory of the country. The monument, included in the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1986 and located 28 km south of Masvingo, has been known for its splendor since the 16th century. when, thanks to Portuguese travelers, its existence became known outside the African continent. Spread over an area of 720 hectares, the Monument is a strikingly majestic architecture of ancient stones and is usually divided into three architectural complexes. The hill complex, or hill fort, is a series of stone walls that form an ellipse and are piled up on an 80-meter boulder. The Great Walls are a massive structure with a circumference of about 255 m, a height of 10 m and in places up to 5 m wide. The valley complex is a ruin located between the first two complexes, where an engraving of the Bird of Zimbabwe, which later became the symbol of the country, was discovered. These walls are the main remains of a large city inhabited in the XIII-XV centuries, the population of which, according to some estimates, it was about 20,000 people. The population of the city lived in thatched huts, built on the basis of dagi (a mixture of alumina and gravel), and the rulers and nobles lived in buildings made of stone walls.    We also recommend reading Brandy waterfall description and photos - Dominica Topic: Archaeological site of Great Zimbabwe (Great Zimbabwe) description and photos - Zimbabwe: Masvingo. |
