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Eleven churches carved straight down into living rock

This photo is best seen in the "large" or "original" sizes. I am intrigued by the relief decoration around the windows near the top of the 13th century rock-hewn Church of Bet Giorgis in Lalibela, Eth
This photo is best seen in the "large" or "original" sizes. I am intrigued by the relief decoration around the windows near the top of the 13th century rock-hewn Church of Bet Giorgis in Lalibela,… © A. Davey from Where I Live Now: Pacific Northwest, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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