yasu’s Palace, built buy king Iyasu I, can be found within the Fasil Ghebbi. In its time it was described as greater even than the House of Solomon. It was said to be lavishly decorated with all manner of finery. Gold-leaf adorned the ceilings, as did gemstones of the finest quality. Ivory and fine woodworking covered the inner walls, as did majestic paintings of flora. In the intervening years, however, all of this finery has vanished, moved elsewhere, looted, or destroyed by the ravages of time. Iyasu’s Palace, like much of Fasil Ghebbi, is now no more than a reflection of its former glory.
