Kasubi Tombs Heritage Site

Kasubi Tombs use purely vegetal materials in their construction.

Kasubi Tombs are burial grounds with traditional architecture.

Kasubi Tombs contain four royal tombs in one place.

Kasubi Tombs cover 26 hectares of mainly agricultural land.

A palace was built on Kasubi Hill in 1882.

Muzibu Azaala Mpanga is the main circular tomb building.

Thatched dome ceiling of the Muzibu Azaala Mpanga building.

The dome roof rests on 52 rings of palm fronds inside.

The wives’ houses surround the tomb courtyard at Kasubi.

Bark cloth fig trees mark Kasubi Tombs' ceremonial borders.

Kasubi Tombs were badly damaged by fire in March 2010.

Restoration of Kasubi Tombs began in 2014 after the fire.

Funding helped support the rebuilding of Kasubi Tombs.

Kasubi Tombs were removed from UNESCO danger list in 2023.

Kasubi Tombs remain an important spiritual site for Baganda.