Biete Golgotha Mikael (House of Golgotha Mikael)
Biete Golgotha Mikael (House of Golgotha Mikael)
Biete Golgotha Mikael (House of Golgotha Mikael)
Biete Golgotha it´s located at the northwest cluster churches. It´s remarkable as in that it has seven life-size reliefs of saints carved around it´s walls. It´s the only one that women are prohibited from entering.
A trench at the southern end of the Bet Maryam courtyard connects it to the twin churches of Bet Golgotha and Bet Mikael (also known as Bet Debre Sina). The pair have the only cruciform pillars of Lalibela’s churches and relief-carved crosses proliferate in Bet Mikael. The entrance leads first to Bet Mikael and then to Bet Golgotha, which women can’t enter.
Bet Golgotha is known for containing some of the best early examples of Ethiopian Christian art, including som...
A trench at the southern end of the Bet Maryam courtyard connects it to the twin churches of Bet Golgotha and Bet Mikael (also known as Bet Debre Sina). The pair have the only cruciform pillars of Lalibela’s churches and relief-carved crosses proliferate in Bet Mikael. The entrance leads first to Bet Mikael and then to Bet Golgotha, which women can’t enter.
Bet Golgotha is known for containing some of the best early examples of Ethiopian Christian art, including som...
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