Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela World Heritage Site

Official name
Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela | UNESCO
Country
Ethiopia | Map
Continent
Africa
Location
Amhara Region
12.2930° Lat, 39.4040° Lon | Map
Code
18
Time Zone
Africa/Addis_Ababa (EAT, +0300)
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Category
Cultural
Description
Inscribed 1978. 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.