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A friend sent me these videos from Lalibela!

Lalibela 1971...

Lalibela, Éthiopie.

Dreams of Lalibela

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…

Igreja de São Jorge

Bete Giyorgis (igreja de São Jorge) é uma igreja monolítica esculpida em uma única rocha em Lalibela, uma cidade na Região de Amhara, na Etiópia.

Sua datação remonta ao final do século XII

Not necessarily a castle but equally amazing. Lalibela Ethiopia have incredible churches carved from rock in the ground dating back to the 12-13th century

Lalibela - Ethiopia.

Some more Dagmawi Lalibela (the second Lalibela), Ethiopea. Also check my earlier post.

Another shot of the infamous 'handbag' (last pic). You know about the handbags, right 😉?

📷 S. Butler (among others)

The second type of rock-cut architecture is the most common: temples and churches.

Like Lalibela in Ethiopia, where King Gebre Meskel had fourteen churches carved from the hills, connected by tunnels and passages, to recreate his own Jerusalem in the 13th century.

Bete Giyorgis (church of Saint George) is a monolithic church carved out of a single rock in Lalibela, a town in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. It has been dated to the late XII or early XIII century CE.

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#Inexplicable #ConWilliamShatner Lalibela es uno de los sitios más misteriosos de África. Se trata de un complejo de once iglesias monolíticas talladas en la roca, las cuales fueron construidas de arriba hacia abajo.

Among the most astonishing Monolithic structures of Ancient History 🤯

The ~900yr old rock-cut Church of Saint George. Lalibela, Ethiopia

Referred to as the 8th Wonder of the World, and long claimed to have housed The Ark of The Covenant 😱

Yet, few are aware of its existence!

This structure was carved in faith out of solid rock using hammers, chisels, axes, shovels, and wheelbarrows almost 1000 years ago! Not only that, there were 11 of these!

The Rock-Hewn Churches of Lalibela, located in the northern part of Ethiopia, represent a marvel of ancient…

~ AY♡TEN ~ Lalibela Kaya-Oyma Kiliseleri, Etiyopya

Some 800 years ago the Ethiopian 🇪🇹 King Lalibela had a divine vision to carve a new Jerusalem from the volcanic stone underneath his place of birth.

Monolithic churches like Bet Giorgis in Lalibela are now one of the biggest tourist draws in the country.

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The rock church, Lalibela, Ethiopia 🇪🇹

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…

But there is more than one way to build underground.

Take the rock-cut churches of Lalibela in Ethiopia, built in the Middle Ages by King Gebre Meskel as his own version of the Holy City of Jerusalem.

Churches hewn from the rock itself — this is architecture in reverse.