Rock-Hewn Churches of Lalibela

Amhara Region · Ethiopia

Rock-Hewn Churches of Lalibela, Ethiopia
Photo: Sailko, CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
October to March
Budget
$
Accessibility
not-accessible
Coordinates
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A complex of eleven medieval churches carved directly downward into volcanic rock. Conceived as a new Jerusalem, they remain an active center of Ethiopian Orthodox pilgrimage.

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