| Country |
Province
State |
Region |
City
Town |
District |
Site OR Event |
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Description |
Year
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| Ethiopia |
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Lalibela |
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Man with a donkey. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
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Lalibela |
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People using a short cut through the town. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
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Lalibela |
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Typical Lalibela scene with a round house and mountains. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
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Lalibela |
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Donkey herders walking through town. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
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Lalibela |
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Street scene in the hills overlooking the South Eastern Group of churches. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
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Lalibela |
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Bet Gabriel-Rufael |
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Bet Gabriel-Rufael is one of the four churches of the South Eastern group. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
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Lalibela |
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Bet Gabriel-Rufael |
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A large hewn rock called The Way to Heaven leads to the church. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
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Lalibela |
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Bet Gabriel-Rufael |
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The church is surrounded by a moat-like ditch and was a fortress in the 7th century. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
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Lalibela |
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Bet Gabriel-Rufael |
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View through a hole in the rock to the church facade with its Aksumite windows. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
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Lalibela |
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Bet Gabriel-Rufael |
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Bet Gabriel-Rufael is unusual in Lalibela as it is entered over a bridge to its upper level. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
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Lalibela |
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Bet Gabriel-Rufael |
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Two carved crosses on the bridge leading to the church entrance. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
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Lalibela |
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Bet Gabriel-Rufael |
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The bridge joining the church to a series of tunnels and passages linking the South Eastern complex of churches. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
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Lalibela |
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Bet Gabriel-Rufael |
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Aksumite style window. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
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Lalibela |
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Bet Gabriel-Rufael |
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The interior is at different levels as it is actually two churches. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
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Lalibela |
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Bet Gabriel-Rufael |
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Priest with a crucifix. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
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Lalibela |
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Bet Gabriel-Rufael |
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Paintings, icons and prayer sticks. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
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Lalibela |
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Bet Gabriel-Rufael |
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The angel Gabriel with Madonna and child. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
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Lalibela |
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Tunnel entrance to reach three churches in the South Eastern Group from Bet Gabriel-Rufael. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
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Lalibela |
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Part of the connecting channels between churches. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
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Lalibela |
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Black Winged Lovebird at the South Eastern Complex. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
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Lalibela |
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Bet Merkorios |
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Carved area outside Bet Merkorios. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
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Lalibela |
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Bet Merkorios |
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Large icon of St George in his dragon killing pose in Bet Merkorios, a cave-like church carved into the rock. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
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Lalibela |
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Bet Merkorios |
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Glossy painting of an angel. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
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Lalibela |
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Bet Merkorios |
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Priest in the windowless church with paintings and icons. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
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Lalibela |
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Bet Merkorios |
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Faint fresco of the Three Wise Men dating from the 15th century. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
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Lalibela |
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Bet Merkorios |
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The church contains many paintings of St Abbo. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
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Lalibela |
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Bet Merkorios |
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St Abbo is always shown clothed in his own hair with lions and leopards in attendance. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
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Lalibela |
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Tunnels in the South Eastern complex of churches. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
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Lalibela |
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Carved walkways in the rock. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
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Lalibela |
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Bet Amanuel |
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Bet Amanuel is free standing and occupies its own pit. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
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Lalibela |
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Bet Amanuel |
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The steep steps and tunnel used to access the church entrance. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
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Lalibela |
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Bet Amanuel |
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Bet Amanuel is designed to resemble an Aksumite building. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
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Lalibela |
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Bet Amanuel |
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The door and windows are part of an elaborately carved building. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
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Lalibela |
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Bet Amanuel |
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Pool for baptisms. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
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Lalibela |
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Bet Amanuel |
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The entire structure is monolithic. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
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Lalibela |
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Bet Amanuel |
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The outer wall of the pit has many holes and chambers. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
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Lalibela |
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Bet Amanuel |
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Detail of the external wall of the church. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
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Lalibela |
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Bet Amanuel |
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The interior is decorated with bandings along the walls. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
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Lalibela |
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Bet Amanuel |
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Painting of pale blue-eyed Madonna and child. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
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Lalibela |
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Bet Amanuel |
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Columns, arches and the decorated ceiling. All are carved from the rock. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
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Lalibela |
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Walkway between churches of the South Eastern Group. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
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Lalibela |
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Tunnel leading to steps (South Eastern Group). |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
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Lalibela |
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Priest walking past a small pond. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
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Lalibela |
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Steps leading to one of the churches of the South Eastern Group. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
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Lalibela |
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Narrow tunnel in the South Eastern Group. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
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Lalibela |
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Tunnel and high walled ditch in the South Eastern Group. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
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Lalibela |
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Bet Abba Libanos |
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Bet Abba Libanos has a facade made of stone slabs. The roof and floor are attached to the rock. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
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Lalibela |
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Bet Abba Libanos |
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A large crack over the entrance. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
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Lalibela |
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Many levelled walkways (South Eastern Group). |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
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Lalibela |
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Trees and mountains. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
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Lalibela |
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Red Billed Firefinch. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
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Lalibela |
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A tomb with a cross in a cemetary. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
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Lalibela |
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Flowering cacti. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
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Lalibela |
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Houses in the town. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
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Lalibela |
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Turbanned man. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
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Lalibela |
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Three women on their way to church. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
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Lalibela |
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Residential area. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
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Lalibela |
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Avocados, used for making juices. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
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Lalibela |
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Mangos for sale. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
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Lalibela |
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Father and daughter in a shop. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
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Lalibela |
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The coffee ceremony involves making coffee from beans. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
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Lalibela |
Bugna |
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Mountainous landscape in Bugna, the district close to Lalibela. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
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Lalibela |
Bugna |
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Distinctive peak overlooking Lalibela. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
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Lalibela |
Bugna |
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Settlement overlooked by a mountain. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
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Lalibela |
Bugna |
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Small settlement with the round houses typical of the region. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
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Lalibela |
Bugna |
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Isolated round houses. |
2011 |
| Ethiopia |
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Lalibela |
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Sunset in Lalibela. |
2011 |
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