Biete Medhani Alem, Lalibela

Lalibela, Amhara, Ethiopia

Beta Madhane Alem, a pillar and arches of the northern nave arcade, western end, 1998. Of the three brackets visible, that on the left — facing the nave — is redundant. Part of the wall separating the aisle from the vestibule is visible at the far right.David W. Phillipson, Ancient Churches of Ethiopia: Fourth–Fourteenth Centuries (Yale University Press, 2009), p. 158, fig. 244.

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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. 158, fig. 244.
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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