Ethiopia - Lalibela - Celebration of Timkat - The Ethiopian Orthodox celebration of Epihany

Bet Giogis, one of the twelve monolihic churches hewn out of the rock and carved into the landscape stands 15 metres high in a sunken courtyard enclosed by precipitous walls. It was built eight hundred years ago by King Lalibela helped allegedly by angels.Lalibela, Ethiopia.Lalibela in northern Ethiopia is famous for it's monolithic roack hewn churches and is one Ethiopia's holiest cities and a centre of pilgrimage for much of the country.

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Bet Giogis, one of the twelve monolihic churches hewn out of the rock and carved into the landscape stands 15 metres high in a sunken courtyard enclosed by precipitous walls. It was built eight hundred years ago by King Lalibela helped allegedly by angels.Lalibela, Ethiopia.Lalibela in northern Ethiopia is famous for it's monolithic roack hewn churches and is one Ethiopia's holiest cities and a centre of pilgrimage for much of the country.