This is the church of St. George located in Lalibela, Ethiopia. I would say that this the most incredible rock church on Earth. The whole structure was carved and chiselled from a single piece rock, a structure which itself had to be isolated from the mass of rock that now surrounds it.

This is the most well known and last built of the eleven churches in Lalibela area. The church has been referred to as the “Eighth Wonder of the World“. The dimensions of the complex are 25 meters by 25 meters by 30 meters, and there is a small baptismal pool outside the church, which stands in an artificial trench.

As of 2006, Lalibela is still a pilgrimage site for members of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. The church itself is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site “Rock-Hewn Churches, Lalibela”.