This photo of the entrance to the 13th century rock-hewn Church of Bet Giorgis captures the building's cross-shaped design better than the previous one.
What's remarkable is the size of the open space
The entrance to Bet Giyorgis, approached through a narrow trench carved deep into the bedrock. The full height of the monolithic church towers above visitors as they descend toward the doorway, revealing the cross-shaped footprint from a dramatic low angle. © A. Davey from Where I Live Now: Pacific Northwest, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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