Dawit's Hall is one of the principal structures that stood in the Fasil Ghebbi

Fasil Ghebbi

Fasil Ghebbi is a fortress-enclosure located in Gondar, Ethiopia. It served as the home of Ethiopia's emperors in the 17th and 18th centuries. Its unique architecture shows diverse influences including Nubian, Arab, and Baroque styles...

, or the Royal Enclosure, which contains the Imperial palaces of Ethiopia

Ethiopia

Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...

 in Gondar

Gondar

Gondar or Gonder is a city in Ethiopia, which was once the old imperial capital and capital of the historic Begemder Province. As a result, the old province of Begemder is sometimes referred to as Gondar...

. It is located in the northern part of the Royal Enclosure adjacent to the building attributed to Bakaffa

Bakaffa

Bakaffa was of Ethiopia, and a member of the Solomonic dynasty...

 and the church of Asasame Qeddus Mikael.

Often referred to as the "House of Song", Munro-Hay notes that this may be due to a misreading of the Amharic

Amharic language

Amharic is a Semitic language spoken in Ethiopia. It is the second most-spoken Semitic language in the world, after Arabic, and the official working language of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. Thus, it has official status and is used nationwide. Amharic is also the official or working...

 zofan bet ("House of the Divan" or "House of the Throne") as zafan bet ("House of song"). Munro-Hay describes it as a "substantial one-storey building with a round tower at the southeast corner", with traces of a smaller round tower at the northeast corner and traces of a square tower at the northwest corner "most of which has collapsed." The interior of the building is a single long hall

Hall

In architecture, a hall is fundamentally a relatively large space enclosed by a roof and walls. In the Iron Age, a mead hall was such a simple building and was the residence of a lord and his retainers...

, which "the usual arched windows and doorways provided light and access". , Dawit's Hall lacks a roof.