Lalibela

Japanese: Lalibela
Lalibela

…The heritage of Christian art known today mainly dates from the 11th century onwards, and the most notable are the rock-cut churches. Representative examples of these are found in the holy city of Lalibela, north of Addis Ababa. There are several churches of various types here, which were constructed by digging deep rectangular grooves into the rock formations, and the central parts were finished in the same structure as churches built outdoors both inside and out, and in them we can see the traditions of the Aksumite Kingdom style and the influence of Syrian and Coptic architecture (Coptic art). …

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Japanese:

…今日知られるキリスト教美術の遺産は主として11世紀以降のもので,特に注目されるのは岩窟聖堂である。その代表的なものはアジス・アベバ北方の聖都ラリベラLalibelaに見られる。ここには諸種の形式をもつ数群の聖堂があるが,それらは岩層に方形の溝を深く掘り,その中央部を内部外部とも野外に建造した聖堂と同じ構造に仕上げたもので,そこにアクスム王国様式の伝統やシリアおよびコプト建築(コプト美術)の影響を見ることができる。…

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