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Biete Mikael, Lalibela

1300

Building in Ethiopia. Recorded on Wikidata as a church in Lalibela dated 1300.

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Displaying Processional Crosses, Lalibela, Ethiopia (3288274634)

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Displaying Processional Crosses, Lalibela, Ethiopia (3288274634). Catalogued on Wikimedia Commons under Crosses from Ethiopia. The file description records: In the 13th century rock-hewn Church of Bet Gabriel-Rufael, Lalibela, Ethiopia.

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Rock-Hewn Churches of Lalibela (Ensemble)

1300

Panorama of Lalibela from Debra Tabor, adjacent to the Eastern Complex of churches 2006. The large roof visible left of centre covers Beta Madhane Alem and marks the location of the Northern Complex. In front of it and to the left is a procession of worshippers proceeding to Beta Giyorgis.

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Tomb of Adam, Lalibela

12th–13th century (traditional attribution to the reign of King Lalibela) · Wikimedia Commons

The Tomb of Adam, a massive free-standing block of rock pierced by a passage at the western entry to Lalibela's northern group; a hermit's cell is cut in its upper storey.

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Tukuls of Lalibela

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The two-storey round stone houses (tukuls) of Lalibela town, a domestic building tradition of the Lasta highlands, with thatched conical roofs over drystone walls.