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Biete Ghiorgis (Church of Saint George), Lalibela

Lalibela, Amhara, Ethiopia

Beta Giyorgis, the old approach viewed from the west, 2006. The entrance from the new approach is visible in the south wall on the right. The doorway at the far end leads into the court surrounding the church.
Beta Giyorgis, the old approach viewed from the west, 2006. The entrance from the new approach is visible in the south wall on the right. The doorway at the far end leads into the court surrounding the church.David W. Phillipson, Ancient Churches of Ethiopia: Fourth–Fourteenth Centuries (Yale University Press, 2009), p. 150, fig. 231.
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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. 150, fig. 231.
Subject date
12th–13th century (traditional attribution to the reign of King Lalibela)
Type
architectural plate

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

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