Lalibela. Church of Bet Medhane Alem (Holy Saviour).Detail of Windows. (Updated over a year ago)

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ETHIOPIAN ZAGWE DYNASTY Anonymous: Notice that the columns are close together in the corner and are wider at the base. The architect utilized features that would strengthen a freestanding building in this a rock-cut structure. It is thought that the church was intended as a copy of the Tsion Maryam church in Axum.

Tags: architecture , ethiopian , ethiopian zagwe dynasty , medieval

Added to CSU World Image Archive on October 28, 2007.

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