Stairs and windows of a rock-hewn church in Lalibela - Amhara Region - Ethiopia

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Lalibela is a town in northern Ethiopia, a mountainous region at 2630 meters above sea level.

Holy City for the Ethiopian Orthodox Christian, it’s famous for its 11 medieval rock-hewn churches. They were carved on the orders of King Gebre Mesqel Lalibela. King Lalibela is said to have seen Jerusalem in a vision and then attempted to build a new Jerusalem as his capital in response to the capture of old Jerusalem by Muslims in 1187. As such, many features of the town of Lalibela have Biblical names - even the town’s river is known as the River Jordan.

The site is classified as World Heritage by UNESCO since 1978.

Taken in: Ethiopia / Amhara / Lalibela (show map)

Taken on: December 12, 2008

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Camera: Nikon D300, f/4.0, 1/100 sec, 38mm (=57mm), ISO 640 (more info) (hide info)

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