Biete Ghiorgis (Church of Saint George), Lalibela

Lalibela, Amhara, Ethiopia

IX. The rock-cut church of Giyorgis at Lalibala
IX. The rock-cut church of Giyorgis at LalibalaFrancisco Alvares (C. F. Beckingham and G. W. B. Huntingford, eds.), *The Prester John of the Indies: A True Relation of the Lands of the Prester John, Volume I*, (1961), p. c. 226
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Place
Lalibela, Amhara, Ethiopia
Source
The Prester John of the Indies: A True Relation of the Lands of the Prester John, Volume I
Book
The Prester John of the Indies: A True Relation of the Lands of the Prester John, Volume I
Source reference
p. c. 226
Subject date
12th–13th century (traditional attribution to the reign of King Lalibela)
Type
architectural plate

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