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Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela

French: Églises creusées dans le roc de Lalibela
The Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela is a World Heritage site in Ethiopia defined by the UNESCO in 1978 and definitely a recommended cultural sightseeing location.
It is on position 754 (783, 142) in our monthly survey..

"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."
Copyright © 1992 2014 UNESCO/World Heritage Centre. All rights reserved."

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