120px|Rova of Antananarivo
The Rova of Antananarivo is a royal palace complex in the central
highlands of Madagascar. It served as the former residence of the
sovereigns of the Kingdom of Imerina from the 17th to the 19th
centuries. The Rova occupies the peak of Analamanga hill in the capital
city of Antananarivo. Merina king Andrianjaka (ruled 1610 to 1630) is
believed to have captured the hill from a Vazimba king and erected the
site's first fortified royal structure. Successive Merina sovereigns
continued to rule from the Rova until the fall of the monarchy in 1896.
The largest palace within the complex, called Manjakamiadana, was built
from 1839 to 1841 for Queen Ranavalona I. A fire on the night of 6
November 1995 destroyed or damaged all the structures within the Rova
complex shortly before it was due to be inscribed on the list of UNESCO
World Heritage Sites. Reconstruction of the Manjakamiadana exterior is
scheduled for completion in 2011. (more...)
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1856:
English author George Eliot's first work, Scenes of Clerical Life, was
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1869:
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1917:
World War I: Canadian forces captured Passendale, Belgium, after three
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1935:
Before the Institute of Radio Engineers in New York, American
electrical engineer and inventor Edwin Howard Armstrong presented his
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1995:
Madagascar's Rova of Antananarivo, which served as the royal palace
from the 17th to 19th centuries, was destroyed by fire .
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