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Tiglachin Monument
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Park
Ethio-Cuba Friendship Park (Tiglachin Monument)
Memorial park on Churchill Avenue with the 50 metre Tiglachin Monument
- Area
- Churchill Avenue
Ethio-Cuba Friendship Park is on Churchill Avenue, opposite Black Lion Hospital. It holds the 50 metre Tiglachin Monument of 1984.
Good for
- Visitors
- Tiglachin Monument inaugurated on 12 September 1984
- Pillar of 50 metres
- Statues made by the Mansudae Art Studio of North Korea
- Grounds of about 50,000 square metres
- On Churchill Avenue, in front of Black Lion Hospital
Ethio-Cuba Friendship Park is on Churchill Avenue, in front of Black Lion Hospital. The Tiglachin Monument stands in the middle of the park. Tiglachin means our struggle in Amharic.
What to see
The monument was inaugurated on 12 September 1984. It remembers the Ethiopian and Cuban soldiers who fought in the Ogaden War. North Korea gave the statues. The Mansudae Art Studio made them.
The pillar is 50 metres high. A statue of two men and a woman with a flag stands in front of it. A round relief of a medal is fixed to the back of the pillar. It is 2.7 metres wide. Two long relief walls stand on each side. Two small squares show portraits of Cuban soldiers.
The grounds
The grounds cover about 50,000 square metres. Trees and lawns surround the monument, so the park is a quiet place to sit in the city centre.
Getting there
The park is on Churchill Avenue, between the National Theatre and Piassa. Minibuses that run along Churchill Avenue stop near the gate.
Good to know
Allow 30 minutes. The park is one of the few places in the city that still show art from the Derg period.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the Tiglachin Monument?
It is a memorial to the Ethiopian and Cuban soldiers who fought in the Ogaden War. It was inaugurated on 12 September 1984.
Where is Ethio-Cuba Friendship Park?
The park is on Churchill Avenue, in front of Black Lion Hospital.
How high is the Tiglachin Monument?
The pillar is 50 metres high.
Sources
- Tiglachin Monument, Wikipedia
- Photo: 2021 Tiglachin monument Derg monument Addis Ababa 04.jpg by AFRICAN TIGRESS, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Photo: 2021 Tiglachin monument Derg monument Addis Ababa 01.jpg by AFRICAN TIGRESS, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Photo: 2021 Tiglachin monument Derg monument Addis Ababa 03.jpg by AFRICAN TIGRESS, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Photo: 2021 Tiglachin monument Derg monument Addis Ababa 02.jpg by AFRICAN TIGRESS, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Photo: Medal - Tiglachin Monument (1984) (17898353269).jpg by Andrew Moore from Johannesburg, South Africa, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Profile last reviewed November 12, 2026.
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