Biete Gabriel-Rufael

Biete Gabriel-Rufael is a church in Amhara, Ethiopia. Biete Gabriel-Rufael is situated nearby to the church Holy Communion Preparation Place, as well as near Biete Abba Libanos.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Biete Abba Libanos and Biete Merkorios.

Biete Abba Libanos

Church

Photo: Bgag, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Biete Abba Libanos is an underground rock-cut monolith Orthodox church located in Lalibela, Ethiopia. It was built during the Kingdom of Axum. It is part of UNESCO World Heritage Site at Lalibela.

Biete Qeddus Mercoreus is an underground Orthodox rock-cut monolith church located in Lalibela, Ethiopia. It was built during the Kingdom of Axum. It is part of UNESCO World Heritage Site at Lalibela.

Biete Ghiorgis

Church

Photo: Sailko, CC BY 3.0.

The Church of Saint George is one of eleven rock-hewn monolithic churches in Lalibela, a town in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Originally named Roha, the historical and religious site was named Lalibela after the King Gebre Mesqel Lalibela of the Zagwe dynasty, who commissioned its construction. Biete Ghiorgis is situated 390 metres west of Biete Gabriel-Rufael.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lalibela.

Lalibela

Photo: A. Davey, CC BY 2.0.

Lalibela is a rural town of 15,000 people in a stunning setting at an elevation of 2,600 m in the midst of the Lasta mountains in the eastern highlands of Northern Ethiopia.

Biete Gabriel-Rufael

Type: Church
Also known as: “ቤተ ገብርኤል እና ቤተ ሩፋኤል”
Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
Location: Amhara, Ethiopia, East Africa, Africa
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Latitude

12.03124° or 12° 1′ 53″ north

Longitude

39.04468° or 39° 2′ 41″ east

Open location code

7G4X22JV+FV

OpenStreetMap ID

way 595688926

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=church

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In Other Languages

“Biete Gabriel-Rufael” goes by many names.

Spanish: “Iglesia de San Gabriel y San Rafael”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Holy Communion Preparation Place and Prayer area.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as ቤተ ገብርኤል የተሰበረ ሰሌዳ / Bete Gabriel broken stone and ወደ ቤተ ገብርኤል እና ሩፋኤል / To Bete Gabriel Raphael.

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