Abba Pentalewon Monastery, Aksum

Aksum, Tigray, Ethiopia

Fig. 13 — Abba Pentalewon from north-west; at left, the church of Mary Magdalene (photo: DAE 644 = MBA 2245.03).Steffen Wenig (ed.), *In Imperial Order: The German Aksum Expedition 1906 under Enno Littmann, Volume 3*, (2017), p. 292, fig. 13.

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Place: Aksum, Tigray, Ethiopia
Source: In Imperial Order: The German Aksum Expedition 1906 under Enno Littmann, Volume 3
Book: In Imperial Order: The German Aksum Expedition 1906 under Enno Littmann, Volume 3
Source reference: p. 292, fig. 13.
Subject date: 6th century (traditional foundation by Abba Pentalewon); present church later
Type: architectural plate

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Place metadata retained from the reviewed Architecture catalogue; source wording: Aksum, Ethiopia. No camera position supplied.

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