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.
Amhara Region
N12 1 45.66 E39 2 25.512
Date of Inscription: 1978
Criteria: (i)(ii)(iii)
Ref: 18
Source: http://whc.unesco.org
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