The histories buildings tell: aesthetic and popular readings of state meaning in Ethiopia

Figures & data

Figure 1. The stelae at Aksum. Photograph by Julia Gallagher.

Figure 2. The Churches of Bete-Amanuel and Yimrahana Kiristos. Photographs by Atnatewos Melake-Selam.

Figure 3. Plan of the Church Medhani-Alem – Created by the Zamani Heritage Documentation Research Project, University of Cape Town, and used with their permission (www.zamaniproject.org).

Figure 4. The Church Bet-Giyorgis. Photograph by Julia Gallagher.

Figure 5. Fasilidas’ Bath, Gondar. Photograph by Julia Gallagher.

Figure 6. A circular church plan drawing by Ashenafi Girma Zena, reproduced with permission of the author.¹¹²

Figure 7. Comparisons between a church window at Lalibela, showing door detail and monkey heads and Emperor Fasilidas’ Castle, Gondar. Photographs by Julia Gallagher.