The churches carved in the rock of Lalibela, declared a World Heritage Site by Unesco in 1978, they are a group of rock churches excavated in the reddish basaltic rock of the hills of the city monastic of Lalibela, in Ethiopia.

Officially Christian since 330 AD, Ethiopia claims to be the oldest Christian country in the world.

Each of the 11 monolithic structures is dramatically inserted into the mountainous, sunken landscape 40 to 50 meters into the ground and drilled with chiseled cross-shaped openings to allow light of the sun penetrate into its empty interior.

Las iglesias talladas en la roca de Lalibela, declaradas Patrimonio de la Humanidad por la Unesco en 1978,
son un conjunto de iglesias rupestres excavadas en la roca basltica rojiza de las colinas de la ciudad monastica de Lalibela, en Etiopa.


Cada una de las 11 estructuras monolticas esta insertada dramaticamente en el paisaje montaoso, hundida
de 40 a 50 metros en la tierra y perforada con aberturas cinceladas en forma de cruz para permitir que la luz
del sol penetre en su interior vacio.