Speaking at a press conference regarding the activities of Adwa landmark project, the minister said on Friday establishing permanent heritage in the area is essential, though the victory of Adwa is well known worldwide.

Wide-ranging activities have been well in progress in order to make the Adwa victory a permanent historical heritage, he said, everybody should be duty bound to support the ‘Adwa Landmark Project’.

The project, Mohamud said, aims at establishing a historical heritage commemorating heroes and heroines of the Adwa victory and promoting tourism.

The establishment of the permanent heritage would also contribute its share toward strengthening the African Union.

Project manager, Solomon Girma also said the project includes installing a landmark (In English and Amharic alphabets) on one of the mountains of the Adwa area at a cost of some 20 million Birr.

The landmark, which covers 1,050 sq. meter area of land, will be the first of its kind in Africa and the biggest landmark next to Hollywood in Los Angeles, USA, he said.

The manger said an agreement was signed with Tigray Culture and Tourism Commission to execute the project.

President of the Ethiopian Patriots’ Associations, Leke-tiguhan Astateke Abate on his part said establishing permanent landmark on Adwa area will contribute a lot toward commemorating the Ethiopian martyrs during the Adwa war.

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