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MedievalarchitectureThe rock-hewn church of Adadi Mariam south-west of Addis Ababa, the southernmost of Ethiopia's rock churches, sunk into the ground and ringed by a cut ambulatory; tradition links it to King Lalibela.
MedievalarchitectureThe monastery of Debre Libanos on the edge of the Jemma gorge north of Addis Ababa, founded by Abuna Tekle Haymanot and the principal monastery of Shewa; the present church was built for Emperor Haile Selassie in the 1960s.
ModernarchitectureThe stone arch bridge over the Gur river near Debre Libanos, popularly called the Portuguese Bridge; built in the 19th century under Ras Darge, Menelik II's uncle.
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