Church of Abreha wa-Atsbeha
The Church of Abreha wa-Atsbeha (sometimes spelt Abreha we Atsbeha) was built in East Tigray, around 15 km from Wukro, in the 4th century by Abreha and Atsbeha.[1][2] Their bodies are claimed to be entombed in the church. At one time the church served as a monastery but now operates as a parish church.[2] Paul B. Henze visited the church in the 1970s where he was told the ceiling was blackened by soot due to Queen Gudit setting a fire in the building nine centuries earlier.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Briggs, Philip; Blatt, Brian (2009). Ethiopia. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 297. ISBN 978-1-84162-284-2.
- ^ a b Muehlbauer, Mikael (2019). "An Italian Renaissance Face on a "New Eritrea": The 1939 Restoration of the Church of Abreha wa-Atsbeha". Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. 78 (3): 312–326. doi:10.1525/jsah.2019.78.3.312. S2CID 203075463.
- ^ Henze (2000). Layers of Time: A History of Ethiopia. New York: Palgrave. p. 48. ISBN 978-1-4039-6743-5.
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