Kasubi Tombs
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How it came to be
In 1882 Muteesa I, the 35th Kabaka (king) of Buganda, built a palace on Kasubi hill north-west of central Kampala. When he died in 1884 the palace became a royal tomb, and Mwanga II, Daudi Chwa II and Muteesa II were later buried there too.
The main building, Muzibu Azaala Mpanga, is a circular structure about 31 metres round and 7.5 metres high, with wooden poles and reed walls under a thick thatched dome. The 52 rings of palm fronds that carry the roof stand for the 52 clans of the Baganda. The tombs lie hidden behind a bark-cloth curtain.
Inscribed in 2001, the main building was almost entirely destroyed by fire in March 2010, and in July that year the site was put on the List of World Heritage in Danger. Reconstruction began in 2014, and once it was finished the site was removed from the danger list in September 2023.
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