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Lasta & Lalibela

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Rock-hewn and cave-built sacred landscapes of the Zagwe heartland

Illustrated artifact

Shrine to Saint Abbo at Bete Mercurios

The source identifies this shrine in Bete Mercurios, Lalibela, with Saint Abbo (Gäbrä Mänfäs Qəddus). The photograph records the painting and its furnishings.

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ይኩኖ፡ አምላክ/Yǝkunno Amlak - The Founder Of The Solomonic Dynasty

HYohannes · 2025

Date Created: 1/24/2025 Last Updated: 8/22/2025 The Fall Of The Zagwe’s ይትባረክ/Yǝtbaräk- The Final Zagwe Emperor Painting At Monastery of Na’akuto La’ab. Source After the death of Lalibela, Nekauto-Le'ab held the throne for a brief amount of time, however, Yitbarek eventually mustered …

Architecture record

Adadi Mariam

Wikimedia Commons

The rock-hewn church of Adadi Mariam south-west of Addis Ababa, the southernmost of Ethiopia's rock churches, sunk into the ground and ringed by a cut ambulatory; tradition links it to King Lalibela.

Architecture record

Bete Golgota-Selassié

1200

Building in Ethiopia. Recorded on Wikidata as a church in Lalibela dated 1200.

Architecture record

Biet Debre Sina

1200

Building in Ethiopia. Recorded on Wikidata as a church in Lalibela dated 1200.

Architecture record

Bilbila Chirkos

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Bilbila Chirkos, a rock-hewn church of the Lasta hills north-west of Lalibela, entered through a cut courtyard and famed for the bees kept within its walls.

Architecture record

Bilbila Giyorgis

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The rock-hewn church of Bilbila Giyorgis north-west of Lalibela, cut into a hillside with a broad pillared facade; tradition places it among the oldest churches of the Lasta group.