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Biete Qeddus Mercoreus (House of Saint Mercurius) of the eastern group, reached through tunnels; its irregular halls are thought to have first served a civil, possibly judicial, use.
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Original catalogue wording is retained below, including records brought together as one work.
- Biete Qeddus Mercoreus, Lalibela
Biete Qeddus Mercoreus (House of Saint Mercurius) of the eastern group, reached through tunnels; its irregular halls are thought to have first served a civil, possibly judicial, use.
- Bete Merqorewos
Underground Orthodox church located in Ethiopia. In Lalibela dated 1200.
- Biete Qeddus Mercoreus (Beta Merkurios)
Beta Merkurios, the colonnade of massive square pillars on the northeast side of the rectangular open court, c. 1970.
- Place
- Lalibela · Amhara · Ethiopia
- Date
- 12th–13th century (traditional attribution to the reign of King Lalibela)
- Structure or site
- Architecture & ruins
- Cited from
- David W. Phillipson, Ancient Churches of Ethiopia: Fourth–Fourteenth Centuries (Yale University Press, 2009), p. 134, fig. 205. Evidence checked at source PDF p. 149; source PDF SHA-256 0ab32afc22f5ec6148e56f3187239e716a655623254dd934bdc873366fa4b174.
