Lalibella

Lalibela is a town in the Amhara region of northern Ethiopia. It’s known for its distinctive rock-cut churches dating from the 12th and 13th centuries, which are pilgrimage sites for Coptic Christians. Carved out of rock, the subterranean monoliths include huge Bete Medhane Alem,


Lalibela (Amharic: ላሊበላ) is a town in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Located in the Lasta district and North Wollo Zone, it is a tourist site for its famous rock-cut monolithic churches. The whole of Lalibela is a large and important site for the antiquity, medieval, and post-medieval civilization of Ethiopia.[1] To Christians, Lalibela is one of Ethiopia’s holiest cities, and a center of pilgrimage.


Lalibela is a town in the Amhara region of northern Ethiopia. It’s known for its distinctive rock-cut churches dating from the 12th and 13th centuries, which are pilgrimage sites for Coptic Christians. Carved out of rock, the subterranean monoliths include huge Bete Medhane Alem,


Lalibela (Amharic: ላሊበላ) is a town in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Located in the Lasta district and North Wollo Zone, it is a tourist site for its famous rock-cut monolithic churches. The whole of Lalibela is a large and important site for the antiquity, medieval, and post-medieval civilization of Ethiopia.[1] To Christians, Lalibela is one of Ethiopia’s holiest cities, and a center of pilgrimage.


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.


The Eastern Group. Biete Amanuel; Biete Abba Libanos; Biete Qeddus Mercoreus; Biete Lehem; Biete Gabriel-Rufael. The Significance of This Holy Site.


Biete Abba Libanos … House of Abbot Libanos. Legend has it that this church was built in just one night by angels and Maskal Kebra, King Lalibela’s wife. This …


Bet Medhane Alem is the largest of all the Lalibela churches. Built like a Greek temple, it is unusual, being entirely sur¬rounded by square columns, …


The House of Golgotha Mikael. Well known for its beautiful art, it’s believed that the tomb of King Lalibela lies here. Biete Maryam. The Church of M


Biete Qeddus Mercoreus … House of Saint Mercurius and House of Mark the Evangelist. Legend has it that this church was once the former prison. There is little …


Bete Lehem, ‘Bethlehem’; Bete Abba Libanos ‘House of Abbot Libanos’. The Western side churches: Church of Saint George.


Biete Meskel. The House of the Cross. A beautiful church that’s been dug into the earth, is has four pillars that divide the space into two majestic aisles.


Lalibela Explained: Facts,

Where, When, How

Lalibela (Ge’ez: ላሊበላ), regnal name Gebre Meskel was King of Zagwe dynasty, reigning from 1181 to 1221. : 22 : 56n According to Taddesse Tamrat

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The eleven Rock-hewn Churches of Lalibela are monolithic churches located in the Western Ethiopian Highlands near the town of Lalibela, named after the …

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This church has a similar structure to that of its twin church of Bet Golgotha. It has the only cruciform pillars in the Lalibela churches. The church is …