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Rock-cut Churches of Lalibela

Rank:

UNESCO

Wonder Type: Cultural

Country: Ethiopia

Best of: Christianity, Church, Rock cut architecture

Description:

The 11 medieval monolithic cave churches of this 13th-century 'New Jerusalem' are situated in a mountainous region in the heart of Ethiopia near a traditional village with circular-shaped dwellings. Lalibela is a high place of Ethiopian Christianity, still today a place of pilmigrage and devotion. [More Details]

This article uses material from UNESCO World Heritage List article "Rock-cut Churches of Lalibela", which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike 3.0 IGO License.