Rock-Hewn Churches; Lalibela - Ethiopia : The 11 medieval monolithic cave churches, were carved out of rock of this 13th Century AD, '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. Their building is attributed to King Lalibela who set out to construct in 12th Century AD, a ‘New Jerusalem’, after Muslim conques

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