Ethiopian Atlas
World Heritage · cultural · inscribed 1978

Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela

A 13th-century rock-hewn church at Lalibela
A 13th-century rock-hewn church at Lalibela · photo: Elizabeth Laird — used with the photographer's permission

Eleven medieval churches hewn whole from living rock in the 13th century, conceived as a “New Jerusalem” and still in daily worship and pilgrimage.

Located inLalibela town woreda · North Wello zone · Amhara
Categorycultural
Inscribed1978

Where it sits in Ethiopia

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