Gondar in Semien Gondar / Gondär / Gonder / ጎንደር / ጐንደር / Gʷandar / Gʷender

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view of church exterior - east view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernard Gagnon, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 November 2012 by Bernard Gagnon [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Bgag/Ethiopia#Gondar] [accessed 1 June 2014]
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view of church exterior - southwest view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernard Gagnon, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 November 2012 by Bernard Gagnon [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Church_of_Debra_Berhan_Selassie_01.jpg] [accessed 1 June 2014]
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view of church exterior in context

the outer gates to the church compound; the little round bump behing the wall, on the right, just left of the tree trunk, is the finial of the western end of the church
Scene Description: the outer gates to the church compound; the little round bump behing the wall, on the right, just left of the tree trunk, is the finial of the western end of the church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernard Gagnon, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 November 2012 by Bernard Gagnon [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Bgag/Ethiopia#Gondar] [accessed 1 June 2014]
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view of church interior - painting - detail

the early-19th century mural paintings inside the church
Scene Description: the early-19th century mural paintings inside the church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernard Gagnon, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 November 2012 by Bernard Gagnon [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Bgag/Ethiopia#Gondar] [accessed 1 June 2014]
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view of church interior - painting - detail

the early-19th century mural paintings inside the church
Scene Description: the early-19th century mural paintings inside the church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernard Gagnon, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 November 2012 by Bernard Gagnon [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Bgag/Ethiopia#Gondar] [accessed 1 June 2014]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of church interior - painting - detail

the early-19th century mural paintings inside the church
Scene Description: the early-19th century mural paintings inside the church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernard Gagnon, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 November 2012 by Bernard Gagnon [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Bgag/Ethiopia#Gondar] [accessed 1 June 2014]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of church interior - painting - detail

the early-19th century mural paintings inside the church
Scene Description: the early-19th century mural paintings inside the church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bernard Gagnon, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 November 2012 by Bernard Gagnon [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Bgag/Ethiopia#Gondar] [accessed 1 June 2014]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

INFORMATION

FontID: 19252GON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Debre Berhan [aka Birhan] Selassie Orthodox Church
Country Name: Ethiopia
Location: Amhara
Directions to Site: Located in the Semien Gondar Zone of the Amhara Region, N of Tana Lake, SW of the Simien Mountains -- the church is located on a hill, in the NW area of Gondar
Date: ca. 1693?
Century and Period: 17th century(late?)
Church Notes: church founded 1693; well-known 19thC interior paintings
Font Notes:
[NB: we have no information on the font of the ca. 1693 church here].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 12.6125, 37.480278
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 12° 36′ 45″ N, 37° 28′ 49″ E
UTM: 37P 334930 1394762