12th–13th century (traditional attribution to the reign of King Lalibela) · Lalibela · Amhara · Ethiopia
Medieval · architecture
What the record shows
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.
Source record notes
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.
