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Aerial photograph showing the entrance to Abuna Yemata church, which is the small hole seen in the lower-center of the photograph. The ascent entrance is on the far side (not visible in this photo). January 2020. — Plate 1Aerial photograph showing the entrance to Abuna Yemata church, which is the small hole seen in the lower-center of the photograph. The ascent entrance is on the far side (not visible in this photo). January 2020.
Evan Williams · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via Wikimedia Commons
RightsCC BY-SA 4.0, as stated on the file's Wikimedia Commons record (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0).
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Aerial photograph showing the entrance to Abuna Yemata church, which is the small hole seen in the lower-center of the photograph. The ascent entrance is on the far side (not visible in this photo). January 2020. — Aerial photograph showing the entrance to Abuna Yemata church, which is the small hole seen in the lower-center of the photograph. The ascent entrance is on the far side (not visible in this photo). January 2020.Evan Williams · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via Wikimedia CommonsRightsCC BY-SA 4.0, as stated on the file's Wikimedia Commons record (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0).
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Abuna Yemata Guh

Gheralta · Tigray · Ethiopia

Medieval · architecture

What the record shows

The church of Abuna Yemata Guh, hollowed into a sandstone pinnacle of the Gheralta range and reached by a bare-handed cliff climb.

Place: Gheralta · Tigray · Ethiopia
Date: Not recorded in the catalogue
Structure or site: Architecture & ruins
Holding: Wikimedia Commons

Sources

Catalogue details and identifications are retained with their source.

Wikimedia Commons category — Abuna Yemata Guh catalogue
Wikimedia Commons — AbumaYemata Entrance photograph
Wikimedia Commons — Abuna Yemata Guh - view of the mountains photograph

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