Bete Danaghel church Lalibela

Bete Danagel, House of the Virgins is a small church dedicated to the Church of the Martyrs of the Virgin of the Maiden 50 nuns murdered in the 4th century by the Roman ruler Julian in the Apostate to promote Neoplatonic Hellenism. According to the Ethiopian Book of Martyrs (synax¬arium).
The church is located on the south side of Beta Maryam, partly in a cave carved out of the rock. It measures about 5 meters by 5 meters and 3.6 meters in height.
The church can be accessed in two ways: you can cross through Bete Medhanealem and find it on your left. But the main entrance is on the west side with a double arch of a single pillar passing through a small cell. A passage carved out of the rock connects the church on the west side to the churches of Bete Mikael and Bete Golgotha. the courtyard of Betemaryam shared by this small church where It has is a small pool 2 meters deep in the ground filled with holy water. Believed to help infertile women have a baby.

The church has four square columns inside, but it has a very irregular shape, suggesting that they may not have intended it to serve as a church.