Kasubi Tombs

Infobox World Heritage Site
WHS = Kasubi Tombs


State Party = UGA
Type = Cultural
Criteria = i, iii, iv, vi
ID = 1022
Link = http://www.kasubitombs.org
Coordinates = coord|0|20|55|N|32|33|0|E
Region = Africa
Year = 2001
Session = 25th
Link = http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1022

Kasubi Tombs in Kampala, Uganda, is the burial grounds for four previous Kabakas (Kings of Buganda Kingdom), and a World Heritage Site.

The royal enclosure at Kasubi hill was first built in 1881. Also known as the Ssekabaka's Tombs, these are the royal tombs where the following Kabakas are buried:
*Mutesa I (1835-1884)
*Mwanga II (1867-1903)
*Daudi Chwa II (1896-1939)
*Sir Edward Mutesa II (1924-1969).

Kasubi Tombs remains an important spiritual and political site for the Baganda, as well as a tourist attraction. [ [http://www.kasubitombs.org Kasubi Tombs website] ]

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