Lalibela World Scouts Scouting4Tourism Group

Ethiopia
Date of Inscription: 1978
Criteria: (i)(ii)(iii)
Amhara Region
N12 1 45.66 E39 2 25.512
Ref: 18

Brief Description

The 11 medieval monolithic cave churches of this 13th-century 'New Jerusalem' are situated in a mountainous region in the heart of Ethiopia near a traditional village with circular-shaped dwellings. Lalibela is a high place of Ethiopian Christianity, still today a place of pilmigrage and devotion.

The 11 medieval monolithic cave churches of this 13th-century 'New Jerusalem' are situated in a mountainous region in the heart of Ethiopia near a traditional village with circular-shaped dwellings. Lalibela is a high place of Ethiopian Christianity, still today a place of pilmigrage and devotion.



World Heritage Properties

* Historic Monuments of Novgorod and Surroundings
* Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela

States Parties

* Ethiopia
* Russian Federation

Activities

* Lalibela - Rock-hewn churches

Regions

* Africa
* Europe and North America

Contacts

* Carméla Quin (UNESCO)