Country: Ethiopia
Location: Located in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa, at more than 300 kilometers north of
Aspect: strange church groups | rare paintings and sculptures
Lei Cheng with many stones of the church is not surprising, have you seen with a large stone-built church? Lalibela Each one is a large stone church, with the most primitive tools to dig made … …
Legend of the 12th century, King Lalibela of Ethiopia seventh-generation was a dream oracle: “In Ethiopia, build a new city of Jerusalem, and asked to use a block of rock to build the church.” So Lalibela in northern Ethiopia in accordance with the oracle of rock plateau 2600 meters above sea level, the use of 20000 man, it took 24 years carved into the rock of the 11 churches, people will referred to here as Lalibela. Since then, Lalibela as a sacred place Ethiopians. So far, every year the Ethiopian Christmas, January 7, the faithful will be gathered here.
The church is located in a huge pit in the rock. Crafted the church, like a huge sculpture, and the Ellora temples like the rock excavated from a hard formed. They look amazing shape, a unique interior decoration. 12 and 13th century Christian civilization in Ethiopia, the extraordinary prosperity and development of the product. Founded in about 1000 BC, the “African miracle,” said. Inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1979.
