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It's encouraging to see the international community is helping preserve and (one hopes) restore the famed rock-hewn churches in Lalibela, Ethiopia. I don't even want to think about all the ancient monuments and archaeological sites that have been severely damaged or destroyed through negligence or intentional malfeasance. As a visitor, however, I was disappointed as well as encouraged. It was disappointing not to be able to see the Church of Bet Emmanuel in all its glory, unencumbered by scaffolding. From a photographer's standpoint, all that scaffolding made it just a tad difficult to determine whether and how much I needed to rotate the image for the church to be reasonably vertical. Of course, the grown-up in me knows this is for the good of Bet Emmanuel, Lalibela, Ethiopia and, perhaps, all humanity. Hey, it's a reason to return to Lalibela someday, when the conservation project is complete. ======================================================According to the Bradt Guide Ethiopia by Phillip Briggs (4th ed., November 2005), "Bet Emmanuel is a 12m-high [39' 4"] monolith - the only church of this type in the southeast cluster - and it is considered by art historians to be the finest and most precisely worked church in Lalibela, possibly because it was the private church of the royal family." "The exterior of the church imitates the classical Axumite wood-and-stone built-up church typified by Yemrehanna Kristos outside Lalibela. An ornamental frieze of blind windows dominates the church's interior." |
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| Author | A. Davey from Where I Live Now: Pacific Northwest |
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