Mekelle is the capital of Tigary Regional State and seat of a historical palace called Atse Yohannes IV Palace named after the famous King who ruled Ethiopia from 1872-1889. Nowadays the Palace is serving as a museum and the fantastic throne of Atse Yohannnes IV made by the Italian engineer Giacomo Nareri in 1874 is the eye catching centerpiece of the museum.

The Italian designed yohannis the 1v museum gives a good over view of the sites and is points of interest for visitors in the region. Furniture’s and manuscripts of that date out from the emerror are housed here and it is the best point of view of the city. The capital of Emperor Yohanes IV (1871-1889), Makale is now the main city of Tigray, the most northern Ethiopian region