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Naletale

Zimbabwe · 17th century

Founded
c. 1650
Heritage status
Tentative World Heritage Site
Location
Matabeleland South Province
Coordinates
-19.88111°, 29.53056°
Links
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Naletale in Zimbabwe
Photo: Fanny Schertzer · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

Naletale (or Nalatale) are ruins located about 25 kilometres east of Shangani in Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe and east of the Danangombe ruins, close to the Somabhula Flats.

The ruins are attributed to the Kalanga Torwa State and are thought to date from the seventeenth century, and were occupied through the eighteenth to nineteenth centuries during Rozvi rule. The ruins are the remains of the capital of the Butua kingdom's Torwa dynasty. In 1960, it was declared a national monument.

Text adapted from “Naletale” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Naletale ranks #5,605 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #2 of the 2 mapped in Zimbabwe. Founded c. 1650, it is older than 26% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 755 atlas entries founded in the 17th century. See how Zimbabwe compares in the castle statistics.

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