MELANIK TREASURE IS DISPLAYED AT ADDIS ALEM ETHIOPIA EAST AFRICA ON A MAJOR FEAST DAY
Addis Alem was founded in 1900 by Menelik II as a new capital city; Empress Taytu Betul picked he name. Although at one point he had 20,000 members of the Welega Oromo busy in constructing buildings in the new city, by 1903 he decided to keep the capital at Addis Ababa. However, it was used by the Emperor as his summer palace during the following years.[3] The first paved road in Ethiopia was constructed between Addis Alem and the capital, the work beginning in 1903, and reported in quite usable condition the next year.[4
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