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  2. Lalibela - Wikipedia

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    Lalibela. Lalibela (Amharic: ላሊበላ, romanized: Lalibäla) 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 designed in contrast to the earlier monolithic churches in Ethiopia. [1] The whole of Lalibela is a large and important ...

  3. Gebre Meskel Lalibela - Wikipedia

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    Lalibela (Ge'ez: ላሊበላ), regnal name Gebre Meskel (Ge'ez: ገብረ መስቀል, romanized: gäbrä mäsqäl, lit. 'Servant of the Cross'), was a king of the Zagwe dynasty, reigning from 1181 to 1221. [2]: 22 [3]: 56n He was the son of Jan Seyum and the brother of Kedus Harbe. Perhaps the best-known Zagwe monarch, he is credited as the ...

  4. Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela - Wikipedia

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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 late-12th and early-13th century King Gebre Meskel Lalibela of the Zagwe dynasty, who commissioned the massive building project of 11 rock-hewn churches to recreate the holy city of Jerusalem in his own kingdom.

  5. Church of Saint George, Lalibela - Wikipedia

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    The Church of Saint George (Amharic: ቤተ ጊዮርጊስ, romanized: Betä Giyorgis) is one of eleven rock-hewn monolithic churches in Lalibela, a town in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Originally named Roha (Warwar), the historical and religious site was named Lalibela after the King Gebre Mesqel Lalibela of the Zagwe dynasty, who ...

  6. Biete Meskel - Wikipedia

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    Biete Meskel. Coordinates: 12.033941°N 39.0434°E. The rock church Biete Meskel in Lalibela, Ethiopia. Biete Meskel (House of the Cross) is an Orthodox underground monolith church carved into rock. It is located in Lalibela, Ethiopia. The edifice was built during the Kingdom of Axum. [1][2] It is part of UNESCO World Heritage Site at Lalibela.

  7. Biete Maryam - Wikipedia

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    Biete Maryam is one of the monolithic rock-cut Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site at Lalibela. [1] Inside the church, 2007. Like the other churches of Lalibela, its precise date of construction is unknown, although it was built no earlier than the 7th century AD ...

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