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Kasubi Tombs in Kampala
Kampala

Kampala is the capital city of Uganda. With a population of 1,208,544 it is the largest city in Uganda. It is coterminous with the Kampala . The city is divided into five boroughs that oversee local planning: Central, Kawempe, Makindye, Nakawa and Rubaga....
, Uganda
Uganda

The Republic of Uganda is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by Tanzania....
, is the burial grounds for four previous Kabakas
Kabaka of Buganda

Kabaka is the title of the king of Buganda. According to the traditions of the Baganda they are ruled by two kings, one spiritual and the other material....
 (Kings of Buganda Kingdom), and a World Heritage Site
World Heritage Site

A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a site that is on the list maintained by the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, composed of 21 Sovereign state which are elected by their General Assembly for a four-year term....
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The royal enclosure at Kasubi hill was first built in 1881. Also known as the Ssekabaka's Tombs, these are the royal tombs where the following Kabakas are buried:






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Kasubi Tombs in Kampala
Kampala

Kampala is the capital city of Uganda. With a population of 1,208,544 it is the largest city in Uganda. It is coterminous with the Kampala . The city is divided into five boroughs that oversee local planning: Central, Kawempe, Makindye, Nakawa and Rubaga....
, Uganda
Uganda

The Republic of Uganda is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by Tanzania....
, is the burial grounds for four previous Kabakas
Kabaka of Buganda

Kabaka is the title of the king of Buganda. According to the traditions of the Baganda they are ruled by two kings, one spiritual and the other material....
 (Kings of Buganda Kingdom), and a World Heritage Site
World Heritage Site

A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a site that is on the list maintained by the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, composed of 21 Sovereign state which are elected by their General Assembly for a four-year term....
.

The royal enclosure at Kasubi hill was first built in 1881. Also known as the Ssekabaka's Tombs, these are the royal tombs where the following Kabakas are buried:
  • Mutesa I
    Mutesa I of Buganda

    Mukaabya of Buganda better known by his royal name Mutesa I, was Kabaka of Buganda of Buganda from October 1856 until his death. During his reign Buganda was visited by Catholic and Anglican Christian missionaries....
     (1835-1884)
  • Mwanga II
    Mwanga II of Buganda

    Mwanga II Basammula Ekkere was the last Kabaka of independent Buganda. He succeeded his father, Mutesa I, in 1884. Mwanga saw the greatest threat to his rule coming from the Christian missionaries that had gradually been penetrating Buganda....
     (1867-1903)
  • Daudi Chwa II
    Daudi Cwa II of Buganda

    Sir Daudi Cwa II, KCMG, Order of the British Empire was the monarch of Buganda from 1897 to 1939.On 14 August 1897, he succeeded Mwanga II as king of Buganda, a state in East-Africa, which is now part of Uganda....
     (1896-1939)
  • Sir Edward Mutesa II
    Mutesa II of Buganda

    Sir Edward Mutesa II, Order of the British Empire was the Kabaka of Buganda of Buganda from 1939 until his death, and List of Presidents of Uganda of Uganda from 1963 to 1966....
     (1924-1969).


Kasubi Tombs remains an important spiritual and political site for the Baganda, as well as a tourist attraction.