Biete Gabriel Raphael (House of Gabriel & Raphael)

Biete Gabriel Raphael (House of Gabriel & Raphael)

Biete Gabriel Raphael (House of Gabriel & Raphael)

Biete Gabriel-Rufael is an underground monolith rock-cut church located in Lalibela, Ethiopia. The Orthodox church was built during the Kingdom of Axum. It is part of UNESCO World Heritage Site at Lalibela. Biete Gabriel-Rufael (House of the angels Gabriel and Raphael) is possibly a former royal palace, linked to a holy bakery.


this Aksumite windows, Description:
This lovely little window is at the corner of the 13th century rock-hewn Church of Bet Gabriel-Rufael in Lalibela, Ethiopia. It is one of "the very unusual Aksumite windows with little pointed arches" described in the passages quoted below.
What makes the window "Aksumite," or, as I would say, "Axumite"? The window is Axumit...

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