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Gate of Galadima: This gate derives its name from Galadiman Zazzau known as Daudu, who was known by the beggars. The gate was close to his house. Some sources say it was Galadima Dokaje. [20] [21] Gate of Fada: Fada means palace. This gate is the main gate entrance to the palace of Sarkin Zazzau. [21]
Hausa architecture is the architecture of the Hausa people of Northern Nigeria and Niger. [1] Hausa architectural forms include mosques, walls, common compounds, and gates. Hausa traditional architecture is an integral part of how Hausa people construct a sense of interrelatedness with their physical environment .
View of the wall. The Ancient Kano City Walls are made up of Dala Hill where it was founded, Kurmi Market and the Emir’s Palace. [6]The Ancient Kano City Walls originally had an estimated height of 30 to 50 ft (9.1 to 15.2 m) and about 40 ft (12 m) thick at the base with 15 gates around it.
The gate before renovation in 1970. The kingdom was taken over by the Fulani Empire in 1804 and became an emirate in 1835. [9] The Hausa rulers went into exile and founded Abuja. [9] The emirate was taken by the British in 1902. [9] Rulers of the independent Fulani emirate: [6]
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Gidan Makama Museum Kano or Kano Museum is a museum in Kano, Nigeria.This building served as temporary palace of Sarakunan Hausa (Kings of Hausa) of Kano before the current palace Gidan Rumfa was constructed in the 15th century [1] The museum has a significant collections of arts, crafts and items of historic interest related to the Kano area. [2]
' Gates ') is the classical Greek Doric building complex that functioned as the monumental ceremonial gateway to the Acropolis of Athens. Built between 437 and 432 BC as a part of the Periklean Building Program, it was the last in a series of gatehouses built on the citadel. Its architect was Mnesikles, his only known building. It is evident ...
The city is one of the seven medieval Hausa kingdoms. The principal inhabitants of the city are the Hausa and Fulani people. Centuries before British colonization, Kano was strongly cosmopolitan with settled populations of Arab, Tuareg, Kanuri and remains so with the Hausa language spoken as a lingua-franca by over 70 million speakers in the ...