PBGalerie.ch photoblog - Travel photography http://www.pbgalerie.ch/en/blog A photoblog from Switzerland and elsewhere... especially elsewhere ! :) Pictures, travels, reports and other misc items related to photography Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:02:38 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 At the door of Bet Gabriel-Rufael – Lalibela http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PhotoblogPbgaleriech/~3/4xp4LKX99V0/ http://www.pbgalerie.ch/en/blog/2010/09/09/at-the-door-of-bet-gabriel-rufael-lalibela/#comments Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:00:10 +0000 PBGalerie.ch http://www.pbgalerie.ch/en/blog/?p=1881 Continuation of the gallery “Historic route of the North“.

Priest, Bet Gabriel-Rufael, Lalibela, Amhara, Ethiopia

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Priest at the door of Bet Gabriel-Rufael, one of many rock-hewn churches of Lalibela.

Archaeologists believe that, in the beginning, the building was not intended to be a church, but rather the royal palace.

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Wheatfield, highlands, Lalibela, Amhara, Ethiopia

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Wheatfield, Lalibela, Amhara, Ethiopia

© PBGalerie.ch / Precious wheat

Wheatfield in the highlands near Lalibela
Agriculture is the main resource of the Ethiopian economy, supplying 85 % of jobs.

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Portrait of a man, Mount Ashetan, Lalibela, Amhara, Ethiopia

© PBGalerie.ch / Man on the top

Man on the top of Mount Ashetan.
This mountain overhangs Lalibela from its 3200 meters.

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Priest, book, Ashetan Maryam, Lalibela, Amhara, Ethiopia

© PBGalerie.ch / At the door of Ashetan Maryam church

Situated at the top of Mount Ashetan (3200 meters above sea level), the Ashetan Maryam church is accessible after a 2 hours walk from Lalibela.

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Child, kid, boy, Lalibela, Amhara, Ethiopia

© PBGalerie.ch / Black eyes

A curious kid in a street of Lalibela

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Priest, smile, Lalibela, Amhara, Ethiopia

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Smiling priest on the site of the Lalibela rock-hewn churches at the end of the day.

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Cat, feline, Lalibela, Amhara, Ethiopia

© PBGalerie.ch / Feline glance

There are not only priests and pilgrim at Lalibela… ;)

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Child, kid, Bet Maryam, Lalibela, Amhara, Ethiopia

© PBGalerie.ch / Attentive

Child outside Bet Maryam Church (St. Mary’s Church).

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Pilgrims, nun, Lalibela, Amhara, Ethiopia

© PBGalerie.ch / Pilgrims outside Bet Maryam


Priest, pilgrims, Lalibela, Amhara, Ethiopia

© PBGalerie.ch / Blessing

Pilgrims outside Bet Maryam church go to the priest to receive a blessing.

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Priest, Bet Meskel, Beta Masqal, Lalibela, Amhara, Ethiopia

© PBGalerie.ch / Introspection

Lalibela is a town in northern Ethiopia, a mountainous region at 2630 meters above sea level.

Holy City for the Ethiopian Orthodox Christian, it’s famous for its 11 medieval rock-hewn churches. They were carved on the orders of King Gebre Mesqel Lalibela. King Lalibela is said to have seen Jerusalem in a vision and then attempted to build a new Jerusalem as his capital in response to the capture of old Jerusalem by Muslims in 1187. As such, many features of the town of Lalibela have Biblical names – even the town’s river is known as the River Jordan.

The site is classified as World Heritage by UNESCO since 1978.

Here we are with the priest of Bet Meskel church, one of the 11 churches.

To appreciate this great place, here’s a site that offers many views in 360 °:

- Churches of Lalibela

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