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Churches in the rock
Located on the wall of one of the mountains near Gubo, a small town in the region of Gheralta, is the church of Maryam Bezuhan from the fourteenth century (according to what they told me) this was perhaps one of the most impressive churches in the the rock I visited in Tigray Province. As in other churches in Tigray, to go inside and visit you need to first find the village priest who has the keys, so if he's not for some reason at home or in town, you can not go inside the church. After waiting for the priest and paying the 50 birs for the visit, the priest agrees to show this curious disused church and the remains of ancient paintings, prints of crosses on the roof, ancient leather books...
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