states: [ethiopia]
category: cultural
year: 1978
location: Amhara Region
region: Africa
latitude/longitude: 12.0293500000, 39.0404200000
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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