Is There a Lalibela in Gondar?

There's a city called Roja in Ethiopia, which is the old name of Lalibela before it was named Lalibela. And then you have the city of Gondar. Those are the two human city states and love the rings, right? Well, those are real places in Ethiopia. I think that's too much of a coincidence. Here at Gondar, I remember hearing when I saw the name, I thought, well, this is way too close to Lord of the Rings. There's got to be some kind of Lalibela there. It's called Roja.

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