@africanheritagecity: @Roots Galleria • The ancient rock church of Abuna Yemata Guh in Tigray region, Ethiopia, is located at a height of 8,460 feet up the mountain. According to legend, a holy man named Abuna Yemata came from Axum in the sixth century and hallowed out the monastery in the vertical rock needles of Guh. He aspired to build it high, to be closer to Heaven, in a quiet place where people could meditate. He also hid it so it would be hard to destroy, and people could take refuge there, which they have during many of the oppressive times in Ethiopian history. In the vast deserts of Tigray there are many other rock-hewn churches hidden in sandstone pinnacles. #TIA #thisisafrica #thisisethiopia #mamaafrica #tigrayregion

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