6th century (traditional foundation by Abba Pentalewon); present church later · Aksum · Tigray · Ethiopia
Ancient · architecture
What the record shows
The monastery of Abba Pentalewon on its rocky hill north-east of Aksum, founded by tradition by one of the Nine Saints on the site of a pre-Christian shrine; the present church is a later rebuilding.
Source record notes
Original catalogue wording is retained below, including records brought together as one work.
Abba Pentalewon Monastery, Aksum
The monastery of Abba Pentalewon on its rocky hill north-east of Aksum, founded by tradition by one of the Nine Saints on the site of a pre-Christian shrine; the present church is a later rebuilding.
Abba Pentalewon Monastery, Aksum
A historical north-west view of Abba Pentalewon and three later architectural perspectives: the hilltop setting, stepped approach and side elevation.
Abba Pentalewon Monastery
Aksum, Abba Pantaleon, view from the southwest, 2008. The monastery church — a twentieth-century replacement of an ancient structure — surmounts the rock pinnacle.
Place
Aksum · Tigray · Ethiopia
Date
6th century (traditional foundation by Abba Pentalewon); present church later
Structure or site
Architecture & ruins
Cited from
Steffen Wenig (ed.), In Imperial Order: The German Aksum Expedition 1906 under Enno Littmann, Volume 3 (2017), p. 292, fig. 13 (PDF p. 314).
