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Ethiopia This picture shows Bet Medhane Alem: door in the rocky wall. It was taken on a travel to Lalibela, Ethiopia, Africa. It is one of the 6572 of travel photographs you can find on Traveladventures.org. You can click on the picture to see more pictures of Lalibela. You can also send it as a free electronic postcard or download it for free, by following the links under the picture. Alternatively, you can follow the tags under the picture to find other travel pictures of a particular theme, or switch to another language. Enjoy your travel with pictures from all over the world! Show on map Locate Lalibela Northern Cluster on map Other languages: \| \| \| \| Categories Architecture Art Bridges City & Cityscape Coastline Culture & Religion Doors & Windows Events History Landscape Nature People Transportation Various	Picture of Bet Medhane Alem: door in the rocky wall (Lalibela, Ethiopia) Door in the rocky wall near Bet Medhane Alem Send image of Bet Medhane Alem: door in the rocky wall as a free postcard Download picture of Bet Medhane Alem: door in the rocky wall Purchase Bet Medhane Alem: door in the rocky wall (Ethiopia) Normally the start of a tour in Lalibela, the northern cluster of churches is the most extensive and has some very fine examples of rock hewn churches. Originally constructed as a New Jerusalem after the capture by Muslims, names of several places in Lalibela still carry the name of places in the Holy Land after King Lalibela spent some time in Jerusalem. The world famous rock-hewn churches are divided in three groups, the northern and the southern cluster separated by a small stream called the Jordan river. After you buy or show your tickets at the entrance, you soon descend in the underworld of Lalibela. The churches have all been carved out of the rocky surface, and once you are down, you are in a totally different world, without any connection to the present. Just by going down, you step back centuries. Singing comes out of the church, so I walk around the outside of the church, awe-struck by the magnitude of the building. Centuries ago, King Lalibela and his helpers (angels, according to traditional legend) dug deep trenches in the rock here, and subsequently carved out this enormous church. Bet Methane Alem is also home to the Lalibela Cross. Read more about: Lalibela Northern Cluster Tags for this picture: \| \| \| \| Africa Central&South America door cannon Ethiopia Haiti Lalibela Lake Draksum Lalibela Northern Cluster Cuban people rock beach
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