Ethiopia · Africa
Rock-Hewn Lalibela
Eleven churches carved down into stone.
CulturalInscribed 1978
Poster
The Story
King Lalibela's twelfth-century pilgrims dug a new Jerusalem out of the volcanic plateau — eleven monolithic churches sunk into the earth, still echoing with chant.
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