The Church of Saint George (Amharic: Bete Giyorgis) is one of eleven rock-hewn monolithic churches in Lalibela, a town in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia...
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famous rock-cut monolithic churches designed in contrast to the earlier monolithic churches in Ethiopia. The whole of Lalibela is a large and important...
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rock-hewn churches at Lalibela, Ethiopia (Church of Saint George, Lalibela) Royal Palace in Amsterdam, Netherlands Sigiriya, Sri Lanka Statue of Liberty...
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eleven Rock-hewn Churches of Lalibela are monolithic churches located in the western Ethiopian Highlands near the town of Lalibela, named after the late-12th...
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Saint George (Sohag), Sohag Church of Saint George, Lalibela Yelet Giorgis Church, Bulga St. George's Church, Mariehamn [sv], Mariehamn Église Saint-Georges...
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of eleven churches in Lalibela, Ethiopia, believed to have been created in the 12th century. The eleven monolithic churches in Lalibela are: Church of...
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organizations. The Church of Saint George in Lod (Lydda), Israel, has a sarcophagus traditionally believed to contain St. George's remains. Very little...
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Audoen's Church, Dublin, Ireland, founded in 1190. St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, Ireland, founded in 1191. Church of Saint George, Lalibela, Ethiopia...
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As a highly venerated saint in both the Western and Eastern Christian churches, Saint George is connected with a large number of patronages throughout...
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granite Seti I [citation needed] – limestone Lalibela – tuff Church of Saint George, Lalibela – tuff Buddhas of Bamiyan, destroyed in 2001 by the Taliban...
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Samantha (2015), St George: A Saint for All, London: Reaktion Books, pp. 43–44, ISBN 978-1-78023-4519. Sobania, Neal W. (2012), "Lalibela", in Akyeampong...
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The Sign and the Seal (category Ark of the Covenant)
architecture in the city of Lalibela built during the reign of King Lalibela, of which the Church of Saint George, Lalibela is of particular interest, in...
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In heraldry, Saint George's Cross (or the Cross of Saint George) is a red cross on a white background, which from the Late Middle Ages became associated...
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Zagwe dynasty (category Emperors of Ethiopia)
king Gebre Meskel Lalibela, who is credited with having ordered the construction of the rock-hewn monolithic churches of Lalibela. The name "Zagwe" is...
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Ethiopia (redirect from Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia)
The "Bete Medhane Alem" or "House of our Saviour" is one of the 12 churches in Lalibela built under Emperor Lalibela I. Perhaps the most impressive[opinion]...
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Sculpture (redirect from History of sculpture)
Solomonic dynasty. However, the Church of Saint George, Lalibela, one of several examples of rock cut architecture at Lalibela containing intricate carvings...
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in the 17th century Large, monolithic churches such as the Church of Saint George (Lalibela), were hewn out of the ground in Ethiopia, unknown architect...
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Ethiopian art (redirect from Art of Ethiopia)
original Church of Our Lady Mary of Zion was decorated with paintings. Other early paintings include those from the rock-hewn churches of Lalibela, dated...
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Ethiopian historiography (redirect from Historiography of Ethiopia)
on Gebre Mesqel Lalibela (r. 1185–1225) portrayed him as a Christian saint who performed miracles. Conveniently for the legitimacy of the Solomonic dynasty...
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The Cross of Saint Peter, also known as the Petrine Cross, is an inverted Latin cross traditionally used as a Christian symbol, but in recent times, it...
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War in Amhara (category History of the Amhara Region)
troops in Gondar, Debre Tabor and Debre Markos. Following the seizure of Lalibela on 2 August by Fano fighters, the Amhara regional government under Yilkal...
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many monolithic (rock-hewn) churches in Ethiopia, most famously eleven churches at Lalibela. Besides these, two main types of architecture are found—one...
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church hewn from rock that is 2,580 m (8,460 ft) high, requiring a 45 minute ascent on foot. Lalibela, said to be carved by angels from rock. Church of...
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Philip the Apostle (redirect from Cross of Saint Philip)
feast day of Philip, along with that of James the Less, was traditionally observed on 1 May, the anniversary of the dedication of the church dedicated...
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from an aged priest in Lalibela: Kaleb was a man of Lasta and his palace was at Bugna where it is known that Gebre Mesqel Lalibela had later established...
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Ethiopian cross (category Culture of Ethiopia)
Ethiopian Orthodox priest holding golden blessing cross, Church of St. George, Lalibela, Ethiopia. Lalibela's cross Eritrean Orthodox Cross Christian cross from...
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Cross and flame (section United Methodist Church)
of many Methodist denominations, such as the United Methodist Church, Free Methodist Church, Congregational Methodist Church, Bethel Methodist Church...
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as an example of cross-in-square churches. Then there are the churches of Lalibela, which were created by excavating into "a hillside of soft, reddish...
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Monolith (category Pages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets via Module:Annotated link)
outcropping of rock. Aztec calendar stone – "Stone of the Sun" The Church of Saint George in Lalibela, Ethiopia, is one of a number of monolithic churches in Ethiopia...
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medieval churches of Lalibela. Stelae (hawilts) and later entire churches were carved out of single blocks of rock. This was later emulated at Lalibela and...
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