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North Church Baptismal Chapel
ID: ISNGSHSH17 · © Carl Rasmussen · Added: 2020

North Church Baptismal Chapel

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View looking east at the chancel and apse of the Baptismal Chapel of the North Church in Shivta. In the raised chancel area is a cruciform baptismal fount carved out of a single block of limestone.

The church was constructed in the fourth century AD and, following an earthquake, it was reconstructed at the beginning of the sixth century AD.