Ethiopia-Cuba Friendship Memorial Park

This is a really nice memorial park. It has the pictures with names of the Cuban soldiers who died during Mengistu period. The park is peaceful and everyone there you see sits with a book to read. Beautiful park to just go and sit to read or just to find a quite place to clear your mind. It is a library there, or close by, but I never visited it.

A great place of respite in this confused city of Addis... It looks like a monument to Russian friendship... practically transplanted from Moscow. However, officially it comemorates Cuban soldiers who died in the Ethio-Somali war of 1976... Of course, Russians actively supported Ethiopia through 1,200 advisers. Cuba airlifted 12,000 troops... The place in closely watched by a number of guards who kick you out at 5.00 pm...

Calm place with a beautiful view

Historical monuments, beautiful park.

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