Daga Island

Daga Island is located in Ethiopia's Lake Tana, in the southeastern section of the lake. The entire island, which is made up of a 300-foot-high volcanic cone, is deemed holy, and no females, including farm animals, are permitted on the island.

The monastery of Daga Estifanos, or "St. Stephen of Daga," is Daga island's main attraction. The monks at the monastery were "the most severe recluses of any in Abyssinia," according to R.E. Cheesman, who visited on March 4, 1933. Before his time, the original church dedicated to St. Michael was struck by lightning and burned down, and was replaced by a modern rectangular structure.

He was allowed to enter the Irkbet, which housed the church's property and literature, and examine them. The remains of numerous Emperors were interred in wooden coffins put on shelves at the back of the same building: Yekuno Amlak, Dawit I, Zara Yaqob, Za Dengel and Fasilides, and Bakaffa.

Location: Lake Tana, Ethiopia