Biete Gabriel-Rufael#
Biete Gabriel-Rufael, January 2013, © Gerhard Huber, under CC BY-NC 4.0 +Edu
Probably, many of the overlapping buildings hewn from the rock originally served as the well-hidden residence of the Zagwe dynasty. Not until later they were turned into churches.
Vermutlich dienten viele der verschachtelten Felsbauten ursprünglich als gut versteckter Herrschersitz der Zagwe-Könige. Erst später hat man sie in Kirchen verwandelt.