House of St. George (Biete Ghiorgis)

Medium:

living rock

Tradition:

Orthodox

Place of Origin:

Ethiopia > Āmara > Lalībela

Repository:

Wikimedia Commons

Date:

12th century CE

ID:

13129

Keywords:

Rock-hewn Cruciform New Jerusalem Saint George Pilgrimage Architecture

Notes:

Biete Ghiorgis also spelled Bete Giyorgis. See UNESCO http://perma.cc/N57-W2UH and http://perma.cc/594Q-VWY3 Photographs by Bernard Gagnon. Wikimedia Commons. Used under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, 2.5 Generic, 2.0 Generic and 1.0 Generic license.