Explore Addis
15 curated places · Landmarks
Abrehot Library
Arat Kilo
Ethiopia's biggest public library — striking architecture and studious calm
Africa Hall (UNECA)
Menelik II Avenue
Birthplace of the OAU, freshly restored with its monumental stained-glass mural
Ba'eta Le Mariam Monastery & Menelik II Mausoleum
Arat Kilo (palace quarter)
Crypt of Emperor Menelik II beneath a beautiful, little-visited monastery church
Bole Medhane Alem Cathedral
Bole
Africa's second-largest Orthodox cathedral, glowing above the Bole skyline
Entoto Kiddus Raguel Church & Rock Chapel
Entoto (western ridge)
Historic ridge-top church with an older rock-hewn chapel and huge views
Entoto Maryam Church & Menelik II Palace Museum
Entoto summit
Hilltop church where Menelik II was crowned, beside his humble first palace
Grand Anwar Mosque
Merkato
Addis Ababa's largest and oldest grand mosque, beating heart of Muslim Merkato
Holy Trinity Cathedral
Arat Kilo
Ethiopia's grandest cathedral and resting place of Emperor Haile Selassie
Lion of Judah Monument & La Gare Station
Legehar (La Gare)
Haile Selassie's coronation lion guarding the 1929 Franco-Ethiopian railway station
Meskel Square
Meskel Square
The city's great amphitheatre-square, epicentre of the Meskel bonfire festival
St George's Cathedral & Museum
Piassa
Octagonal 1896 cathedral where emperors were crowned, with a rich little museum
Tiglachin (Derg) Monument
Churchill Avenue
North Korean-built socialist monument — a striking Cold War relic
Unity Park (Grand Palace)
Arat Kilo
Menelik II's palace compound opened to the public — history, gardens and a zoo
Washa Mikael Rock-Hewn Church
Yeka
A Lalibela-style church carved from basalt, hiding in the Yeka hills
Yekatit 12 Martyrs' Monument
Sidist Kilo
Soaring obelisk honoring victims of the 1937 Graziani massacre