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Monolithic churches in Lalibela

Cultural World Heritage property in Ethiopia, inscribed in 1978 under criteria (i), (ii), (iii).

Monolithic churches in Lalibela, Ethiopia
Photo: Sailko · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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State Party
Ethiopia
Region
Africa
Year of inscription
1978
Criteria
iiiiii
Location
Lasta
What it is
group of structures or buildings, group
Founded or built
1300
Component parts
12 (serial property)
Reference
WHC 18 · Wikidata Q642979

Why it is on the List

(i)A masterpiece of human creative genius.(ii)Shows a major exchange of ideas — in architecture, technology, art, town planning or landscape design — over time or across a cultural area.(iii)A unique or exceptional witness to a cultural tradition or a civilisation, living or vanished.
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Closest World Heritage sites

Straight-line distance between the recorded coordinates.

Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia166 kmSimien Mountains National ParkEthiopia · 1978NaturalFasil Ghebbi, Ethiopia182 kmFasil GhebbiEthiopia · 1979CulturalLower Valley of the Awash, Ethiopia197 kmLower Valley of the AwashEthiopia · 1980CulturalAxum, Ethiopia234 kmAxumEthiopia · 1980CulturalAsmara: A Modernist African City, Eritrea368 kmAsmara: A Modernist African CityEritrea · 2017CulturalMelka Kunture, Ethiopia373 kmMelka KuntureEthiopia · 2024Cultural
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