Biete Gabriel-Rufael, Lalibela

Lalibela, Amhara, Ethiopia

Beta Gabriel-Rafa’el, trapezoidal court: left — the southeast door of Beta Gabriel, 2007; right — the south windows of Beta Gabriel’s sanctuary, showing remains of the buttress that was partly removed when the windows were cut, 2006.David W. Phillipson, Ancient Churches of Ethiopia: Fourth–Fourteenth Centuries (Yale University Press, 2009), p. 132, fig. 201.

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Place: Lalibela, Amhara, Ethiopia
Source: Ancient Churches of Ethiopia: Fourth–Fourteenth Centuries (2009)
Book: Ancient Churches of Ethiopia: Fourth–Fourteenth Centuries
Source reference: p. 132, fig. 201.
Subject date: 12th–13th century (traditional attribution to the reign of King Lalibela)
Type: architectural plate

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