Church of Saint George, Lalibela: Then and Now

Cross-shaped church carved down into the solid rock under King Lalibela around 1200, one of eleven rock-hewn churches of the town.

Key facts

Country today	Ethiopia
Status	Standing
Date	1200
Nearest city on the map	Gondar (about 183 km)
Location	12.032° N, 39.047° E

Map showing Church of Saint George, Lalibela in 1200 — Border map for 1200. See the world in 1200.

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Who ruled this place

Derived from the border maps; each row runs until the next recorded border change.

Period	State
500 BC–499	West African cereal farmers
500–599	Axum
600–699	West African cereal farmers
700–999	Axum
1000–1199	Unclaimed / no data
1200–1299	Ifat
1300–1913	Ethiopia
1914–1919	Abyssinia
1920–1937	Ethiopia
1938–1944	Ethiopia (Italy)
1945–today	Ethiopia

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