• Drive north from Addis Ababa (about 100km) to the Debre Libanos Monastery. This monastery was founded in the 13th century by St. Tekle Haimanot, who...
  • It was founded in 1284 by Saint Tekle Haymanot as Debre Atsbo and was renamed as Debre Libanos in the 15th century.
  • In literal translation from the Amharic language of Ethiopia , in whose territory Debre-Libanos is located, it means "Lebanon Mountain".
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  • From Debre Libanos less than one Km up the main road, turning right on a rocky track you will find the first bridge in Ethiopia known as the Portuguese Bridge.
  • According to David Buxton, the original route to Debre Libanos was through a cleft in the cliffs that line the eastern side of the Abay.[3]...
  • Ethiopia’s most holy sites of Debre Libanos monastery (110km ADD) founded in the 13th century by priest Tekla Haimanot ,today one of Ethiopia’s most renowned...
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  • Debre Libanos Monastery, located 105 km north of Ethiopia's capital - Addis Ababa, is among the most important religious and pilgrimage sites of Ethiopia.
  • Debre Libanos (ደብረ፡ሊባኖስ, Däbrä Libanos) is a monastery in Ethiopia, lying northwest of Addis Ababa in the Semien Shewa Zone of the Oromia Region.