Abuna Yemata Guh is a monolithic church located in Tigray, Ethiopia. It is situated at a height of 2,580 metres and has to be climbed on foot to reach. It is notable for its spectacular location, 1500 year old goat skin Bible, 6th century dome, and 15th century wall paintings [1080×1572]
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[Wikipedia link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abuna_Yemata_Guh) The church entrance is the small hole with path and 2 people in the center of the rock face. The entrance is reached by a steep and hazardous ascent with hand and footholds in the rock. Visitors have to cross a natural stone bridge with a sheer drop of approximately 250 m (820 ft) on either side, and thereafter a final narrow wooden footbridge. To date, no one has ever fallen from the climb to weekly service.
Interesting to wonder how people even built it in that day and age.