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\nAccording to the Website “King Lalibela,”<\/p>\n
“Bet Medhane Alem is the largest monolithic rock-hewn church in the world, measuring 11.5m [37\u2032 8″] in height and covering an area of almost 800m2 [8,610 square feet].”<\/p>\n
“A plain building, held up by 36 pillars on the inside and another 36 around the outside, Bet Medhane Alem has a classical dignity reminiscent of an Ancient Greek temple, a resemblance that has led some experts to imagine it was modeled on the original St Mary Zion Church built by King Ezana at Axum.”<\/p>\n
“The interior of the church is also plain, and its huge size creates a cathedral-like austerity. Graves have been carved into the rock floor; they are no longer permanently occupied, Bet Medhane Alem has a wide courtyard whose walls are pockmarked with niches that originally served as graves or hermits\u2019 caves.”<\/p>\n
“Approaching the most eastern church of this group, Bet Medhane Alem, you first catch a sight of the roof, decorated with relief crosses connected by blind arcades, and the upper part of the solemn colonnade surrounding the church: The roof demonstrates traces of the plaster remains of the restoration efforts of the early 1930\u2019s.”<\/p>\n
“The tuff, from which the church is carved, blazes a typical deep pink color in striking harmony to the brownish-yellow earth and green-leaved trees of the landscape.”<\/p>\n
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