Art der Belege: Mündliche Tradition
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The Ethiopian king to whom tradition attributes the eleven rock-hewn churches of the town that bears his name, conceived as a “New Jerusalem” at a time when pilgrimage to the Holy Land had become difficult.
Example: Biete Medhani Alem, believed to be the largest monolithic church in the world.