Ura Kidane Mehret

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Ura Kidane Mehret is a historic Ethiopian Orthodox monastery on the Zege Peninsula of Lake Tana, renowned for its richly painted church interiors and ancient religious manuscripts.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Ura Kidane Mehret canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian monastery ⓘ
Ethiopian Orthodox monastery ⓘ
access boat from Bahir Dar ⓘ
architecturalStyle traditional circular Ethiopian church architecture ⓘ
collectionContains Geʽez liturgical texts ⓘ
crosses and liturgical objects ⓘ
illuminated manuscripts ⓘ
religious icons ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Ethiopia ⓘ
dedicatedTo Kidane Mehret ⓘ
followsLiturgicalRite Ethiopian Rite ⓘ
hasArtStyle Gondarine-style church painting ⓘ
hasConservationConcern preservation of murals and manuscripts ⓘ
hasFeature inner sanctuary ⓘ
outer ambulatory with painted walls ⓘ
thatched conical roof ⓘ
hasFunction guardian of religious art ⓘ
repository of Ethiopian Orthodox heritage ⓘ
hasMuralsFromCentury 17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
hasNearbyFeature coffee forest of Zege Peninsula ⓘ
hasPart Ura Kidane Mehret Church ⓘ
heritageDesignation important Ethiopian religious heritage site ⓘ
languageOfLiturgicalUse Amharic ⓘ
Geʽez ⓘ
locatedIn Zege Peninsula ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Amhara Region ⓘ
locatedInProtectedArea Lake Tana island and peninsula monastery zone ⓘ
locatedNear Bahir Dar ⓘ
locatedOn Lake Tana ⓘ
notableFor ancient religious manuscripts ⓘ
richly painted church interiors ⓘ
traditional Ethiopian church paintings ⓘ
wall murals depicting biblical scenes ⓘ
partOf Lake Tana monastic tradition ⓘ
pilgrimageSiteFor Ethiopian Orthodox Christians ⓘ
regionallySignificantFor history of Ethiopian Christianity ⓘ
traditional monastic scholarship ⓘ
religiousAffiliation Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ
religiousTradition Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ
touristAttraction yes ⓘ
usedFor Christian worship ⓘ
monastic life ⓘ
pilgrimage ⓘ
religious education ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lake Tana → hasMonastery → Ura Kidane Mehret ⓘ
Zege Peninsula → hasMonastery → Ura Kidane Mehret ⓘ