Yekatit 12 Monument
የካቲት 12 መታሰቢያ
This obelisk on Six Kilo Square commemorates the 1937 massacre of Addis Ababa's civilians by Italian occupation forces.
On Yekatit 12 of the Ethiopian calendar (February 19, 1937, Gregorian calendar), after an assassination attempt on Italian viceroy Rodolfo Graziani failed, occupation forces carried out several days of killing in the city, and large numbers of civilians died. The monument, completed in 1955 and designed by a Yugoslav sculptor, has relief panels depicting the massacre. It stands at the center of the traffic island near the Ethnological Museum and can easily be visited on the way.
Opening hours
All day
Nearby sights
- Ethnological Museum (Institute of Ethiopian Studies)
- National Museum of Ethiopia
- Piassa
- St. George's Cathedral
- Adwa Victory Memorial Museum
- Holy Trinity Cathedral, Addis Ababa
- Tomoca Coffee (Piassa)
- Shiro Meda Market