Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela (UNESCO/NHK)

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James Blake Wiener
by UNESCO TV NHK Nippon Hoso Kyokai
published on 12 September 2018

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.

Source: UNESCO TV / © NHK Nippon Hoso Kyokai
URL: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/18/

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Kyokai, U. T. N. N. H. (2018, September 12). Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela (UNESCO/NHK). World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/video/1475/rock-hewn-churches-lalibela-unesconhk/

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