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An 1890s Italian map of Adwa. Source: http://www.ilcornodafrica.it/st-adua.htm
The Battle of Adwa (also known as Adowa, or sometimes by the Italian name Adua) was fought on 1 March 1896 between the Ethiopian Empire and the Kingdom of Italy near the town of Adwa, Ethiopia, in Tigray. It was
the climactic battle of the First Italo-Ethiopian War, securing Ethiopian sovereignty.