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Measuring 37.7 m in lenght, 23.7 m in width and
11.5 m in height, Bette Medhane Alem (House of Redeemer of the world) is the
largest rock - hewn monolithic church in the woeld with 72 giant pillars.
Explore the 800 years old Lalibela cross Lalibelas's prayer stick and many
invaluable antiques inside, and the striking empty graves symbolically
chiseled for Abraham Isaac and Jacob in the courtyard. In the outside
courtyard, several small caves have been carved into the walls. Monks live
in the caves, though in ancient times they were probably tombs. |
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