Meskel Square
Meskel Square is a square in Amhara, Ethiopia. Meskel Square is situated nearby to the museum Lalibela Cultural Center, as well as near Lalibela Ethnographic Museum.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Biete Medhane Alem and Biete Maryam.
Biete Medhane Alem
Church
Biete Medhane Alem is an Orthodox underground monolith rock-cut church located in Lalibela, Ethiopia. It was built during the Zagwe dynasty. It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site at Lalibela. Biete Medhane Alem is home to the Lalibela Cross. Biete Medhane Alem is situated 100 metres south of Meskel Square.
Biete Maryam
Church
Photo: Bgag, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Biete Maryam is one of the monolithic rock-cut Rock-Hewn Churches of Lalibela of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site at Lalibela. Biete Maryam is situated 110 metres south of Meskel Square.
Biete Meskel
Church
Biete Meskel is an Orthodox underground monolith church carved into rock. It is located in Lalibela, Ethiopia. The edifice was built during the Kingdom of Axum. It is part of UNESCO World Heritage Site at Lalibela.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lalibela.
Lalibela
Lalibela is a rural town of 15,000 people in a stunning setting at an elevation of 2,600 m in the midst of the Lasta mountains in the eastern highlands of Northern Ethiopia.
Meskel Square
- Type: Square
- Also known as: “መስቀል አደባባይ”
- Category: locality
- Location: Amhara, Ethiopia, East Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
12.03457° or 12° 2′ 4″ northLongitude
39.0435° or 39° 2′ 37″ eastOpen location code
7G4X22MV+RCOpenStreetMap ID
node 13990180480OpenStreetMap feature
place=square
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In Other Languages
“Meskel Square” goes by many names.
- Spanish: “Plaza Meskel”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lalibela Cultural Center and Lalibela Ethnographic Museum.
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