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LalibelaLalibela, in northern Ethiopia is one of Ethiopia's holiest cities, second only to Aksum, and is a center of pilgrimage for much of the country.  Rock hewn church, Lalibela Lalibela is home to one of the world's most astounding sacred sites: 11 rock-hewn churches, each carved entirely out of a single block of granite with its roof at ground level. Of Lalibela's 8-10,000 people, over 1,000 are priests. Lalibela was intended to be a New Jerusalem in response to the capture of Jerusalem by Muslims, and many of its historic buildings take their name and layout from buildings in Jerusalem. A dusty rural town nestled into rolling countryside, Lalibela only recently got electricity. It has few motorized vehicles, no gas stations and no paved streets. Isolated from the modern world, the town goes about its business much as it has for several hundred years. 
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