Date of Inscription: 1980
Postcard 1 and 2: received from kotona for the December 50 RR in 2011! - thank you so much!
Showing posts with label Ethiopia - 9. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ethiopia - 9. Show all posts
13/12/2011
Ethiopia - Aksum
The ruins of the ancient city of Aksum are found close to Ethiopia's northern border. They mark the location of the heart of ancient Ethiopia, when the Kingdom of Aksum was the most powerful state between the Eastern Roman Empire and Persia. The massive ruins, dating from between the 1st and the 13th century A.D., include monolithic obelisks, giant stelae, royal tombs and the ruins of ancient castles. Long after its political decline in the 10th century, Ethiopian emperors continued to be crowned in Aksum.
Date of Inscription: 1980
Postcard 1 and 2: received from kotona for the December 50 RR in 2011! - thank you so much!
Date of Inscription: 1980
Postcard 1 and 2: received from kotona for the December 50 RR in 2011! - thank you so much!
Ethiopia - Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela
The 11 medieval monolithic cave churches of this 13th-century 'New Jerusalem' are situated in a mountainous region in the heart of Ethiopia near a traditional village with circular-shaped dwellings. Lalibela is a high place of Ethiopian Christianity, still today a place of pilmigrage and devotion.
Date of Inscription: 1978
Postcard 1 and 2: Both received from kotona for the December50 RR 2011 - thank you so much!
Date of Inscription: 1978
Postcard 1 and 2: Both received from kotona for the December50 RR 2011 - thank you so much!
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