{"id":4876,"date":"2019-03-07T08:34:59","date_gmt":"2019-03-07T08:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davealber.com\/?p=4876"},"modified":"2020-03-20T17:16:16","modified_gmt":"2020-03-20T17:16:16","slug":"st-george-church-in-lalibela-ethiopia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/davealber.com\/wp\/2019\/03\/07\/st-george-church-in-lalibela-ethiopia\/","title":{"rendered":"St. George Church in Lalibela, Ethiopia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class='avia-image-container  av-styling-    avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first  avia-align-center '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"  ><div class='avia-image-container-inner'><div class='avia-image-overlay-wrap'><img class='avia_image' src='http:\/\/davealber.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/St-George-Lalibela-1280-1024x831.jpg' alt='' title='St-George-Lalibela-1280' height=\"831\" width=\"1024\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"  \/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong>St. George Church in Lalibela, Ethiopia is an impasto oil painting by Dave Alber, Travel Artist.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2019<br \/>\nOil on canvas<br \/>\n19.63 x\u00a0\u00a027. 55 in\u00a0(50 x 70 cm)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople say that the monolithic churches of Lalibela are carved out of living stone. 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