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Plate 1The wall and a tower of the complex of the Church Debra Berhan Selassie, Gondar, Ethiopia
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Debre Berhan Selassie Church, Gondar

founded in the 1690s (reign of Iyasu I); the present building is a later rebuilding · Gondar · Amhara · Ethiopia

Medieval · architecture

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The church of Debre Berhan Selassie at Gondar within its towered precinct wall; founded under Iyasu I, it is the best-preserved of the Gondarine churches.

Place: Gondar · Amhara · Ethiopia
Date: founded in the 1690s (reign of Iyasu I); the present building is a later rebuilding
Structure or site: Architecture & ruins
Holding: Wikimedia Commons

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