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Wuqro Cherqos

Directly at the edge of the small town of Wuqro (47 Km from Mekele), on a knoll of red rock, is the rock-cut church of Wuqro Cherqos. The church is supposed to have been constructed by the 4th C by the two kings Abreha and Atsebeha. It is one of the first of the rock churches of Tigray.

The upper part of the wool and the ceilings were painted, but now much destroyed. Nevertheless, a good impression of the decoration can be gained. A number of scenes can be distinguished: cherubim and angles, the Abune Samuel, the Nine Saints, St. Cherqos. The priests tell the story that the church was burnet by Gudit, the distinctive queen who was also supposed to have topple the Axum stelae.

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