Place: Lalibela, Ethiopia
Weather: Intervals of clouds and sunshine, 54/76F.
Route: From Gondar 352 km ESE on A3 and B22.
Significance: Lalibela was the capital of Ethiopia in the 12th century, when its King was told in a dream to build a new Jerusalem out of rock. He commissioned 11 churches hewn out of the rock.
Website: UNESCO World Heritage Site
Cross shaped church above the city (from whc.unesco.org)
Church seen from inside the hewn out rock (from whc.unesco.org)
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