🏛️ Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela

Ethiopia · Africa · Cultural · 12.03°N, 39.04°E

The eleven Rock-hewn Churches of Lalibela are monolithic churches located in the western Ethiopian Highlands near the town of Lalibela, named after the late-12th and early-13th century King Gebre Meskel Lalibela of the Zagwe dynasty, who commissioned the massive building project of 11 rock-hewn churches to recreate the holy city of Jerusalem in his own kingdom. The site remains in use by the Ethiopian Orthodox Christian Church to this day, and it remains an important place of pilgrimage for Ethiopian Orthodox worshipers. It took 24 years to build all the 11 rock hewn churches.

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Quick facts

Country	Ethiopia
Continent / region	Africa
List type	🏛️ Cultural heritage site
Coordinates (approx.)	12.03°N, 39.04°E · view on map

Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela is a cultural World Heritage site in Ethiopia, in Africa. For the living forecast of the area, open World Weather; the details of why Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela was inscribed are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

More sites in Ethiopia

Simien National Park · Aksum · Fasil Ghebbi · Harar Jugol, the Fortified Historic Town · Lower Omo Valley · Konso Cultural Landscape · Lower Valley of the Awash · Tiya · Lower Valley of the Omo · The Gedeo Cultural Landscape · Bale Mountains National Park · Melka Kunture and Balchit: Archaeological and Palaeontological Sites in the Highland Area of Ethiopia.

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