The newly built Adwa Memorial building in Addis Ababa, the Adwa 00 km Project has fully seen its construction and is readied for inauguration today. The structure of Adwa Center is designed in a way to commemorate the victory of Adwa and Ethiopian Patriots.
Adwa center consists of a museum, meeting halls with a total capacity of accommodating over 2000 people .It also houses three smaller auditoriums with a capacity of 400 people, a 1000 car capacity parking space, a cinema theater, a library, a gym, cafeterias and a childcare center among other.
Adwa Memorial center is located in the Piasa area of the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa where the Ethiopian heroes and heroines started their march to Adwa for a showdown. Adwa Memorial Museum saw the days light 128 years after the Victory of Adwa. Memorial monument of Emperor Menelik-II and Empress Taytu, the emperor and empress of the era, is depicted in the picture.
Adwa center symbolizes Ethiopia’s victory over colonialism, Pan-Africanism
BY DARGIE KAHSAY
THE ETHIOPIAN HERALD SUNDAY EDITION 11 FEBRUARY 2024
