What the record shows
The new cathedral of Maryam Tsion at Aksum, a domed concrete church built for Emperor Haile Selassie beside the old Gondarine cathedral, with its free-standing bell tower modelled on the stelae.
Source record notes
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- New Cathedral of Our Lady Mary of Zion, Aksum
The new cathedral of Maryam Tsion at Aksum, a domed concrete church built for Emperor Haile Selassie beside the old Gondarine cathedral, with its free-standing bell tower modelled on the stelae.
- New Cathedral of Our Lady Mary of Zion, Aksum
New Cathedral of Our Lady Mary of Zion, Aksum: oblique exterior across the forecourt showing the curved glazed elevation and dome.
- Place
- Aksum · Tigray · Ethiopia
- Date
- 1960s (built for Emperor Haile Selassie I)
- Structure or site
- Architecture & ruins
- Holding
- Wikimedia Commons
