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Church made up of single block of stone
Geghard Monastery in Armenia, founded in 4th century
A monolithic church or rock-hewn church is a church made from a single block of stone. Because freestanding rocks of sufficient size are rare, such edifices are usually hewn into the ground or into the side of a hill or mountain. They can be of comparable architectural complexity to constructed buildings.
The term monolithic church is used of churches in various countries, not least the complex of eleven churches in Lalibela, Ethiopia, believed to have been created in the 12th century.
A monolithicchurch or rock-hewn church is a church made from a single block of stone. Because freestanding rocks of sufficient size are rare, such edifices...
tourist site for its famous rock-cut monolithicchurches designed in contrast to the earlier monolithicchurches in Ethiopia. The whole of Lalibela is...
from rock. The most basic form of monolithic architecture is a rock-cut building, such as the monolithicchurches of Ethiopia built by the Zagwe dynasty...
attached to solid rock, as in monolithicchurch, or for exceptionally large stones such as obelisks, statues, monolithic columns or large architraves,...
Abuna Yemata Guh is a monolithicchurch located in the Hawzen woreda of the Tigray Region, Ethiopia. It is situated at a height of 2,580 metres (8,460 ft)...
in the local language. There are many monolithic (rock-hewn) churches in Ethiopia, most famously eleven churches at Lalibela. Besides these, two main types...
Biete Maryam is one of the monolithic rock-cut Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage...
massif. A notable landmark on this mountain is the Church of Gennete Maryam, a monolithicchurch which tradition reports was excavated during the reign...
slow construction of churches and monasteries. Throughout the medieval period, Aksumite architecture and influences and its monolithic tradition persisted...
monasteries on the Plateau of Shumen Cave monasteries of Tervel Ethiopia Monolithicchurch France Abbey of Saint-Roman, Beaucaire, Gard Georgia David Gareja...
patron of the namesake monolithic rock-hewn churches of Lalibela. He is venerated as a saint by the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church on 19 June. The life...
the finished structure. Monolithic domes are a form of monolithic architecture. The igloo may be the earliest form of monolithic dome. While it is constructed...
Rock Church may refer to a number of different churches including: There are numerous rock churches, see under Monolithicchurch Temppeliaukio Church, a...
Dawabelo Cave, whose rock-hewn pillars suggest that it is an unfinished monolithicchurch. An all-weather road was built in 1963 by the Gurage Road Association...
Biete Medhane Alem is an Orthodox underground monolith rock-cut church located in Lalibela, Ethiopia. It was built during the Zagwe dynasty. It is part...
Biete Amanuel is an underground Orthodox monolith rock-cut church located in Lalibela, Ethiopia. The edifice was built during the Kingdom of Axum. It is...
Libanos (House of Abbot Libanos) is an underground rock-cut monolith Orthodox church located in Lalibela, Ethiopia. It was built during the Kingdom of Axum....
is credited with having ordered the construction of the rock-hewn monolithicchurches of Lalibela. The name "Zagwe" is thought to derive from the ancient...
Eastern Orthodox Church, officially the Orthodox Catholic Church, and also called the Greek Orthodox Church or simply the Orthodox Church, is the second-largest...
most famous examples of Ethiopian rock-hewn architecture are the 11 monolithicchurches of Lalibela, carved out of the red volcanic tuff found around the...
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