The above picture is one of the numerous mosques of Harar. Harar believed to be home for about 100 mosques and several shrines. What is surprising about this is not the number of mosques, but the high concentration of mosques in such small area. The total area of Harar is about 129 SQ-Miles. Some of these mosques were built in the 11th century--yep, that is 1000 years ago, if you count back from this century. Based on this, one can see that Harar was founded centuries before 13th century that some writings claimed.