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 226 (109, 420) 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."
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