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Perch\u00e9 au sommet d\u2019un amba<\/em> (plateau \u00e0 parois abruptes), Debre Damo est le plus ancien monast\u00e8re chr\u00e9tien habit\u00e9 en continu d\u2019\u00c9thiopie. Fond\u00e9 au VI\u1d49 si\u00e8cle par Abuna Aregawi\u2014l\u2019un des l\u00e9gendaires Neuf Saints \u00e0 l\u2019origine du monachisme \u00e9thiopien\u2014ce sanctuaire isol\u00e9 n\u2019est accessible que par une corde de cuir de 15 m\u00e8tres, l\u2019entr\u00e9e \u00e9tant traditionnellement r\u00e9serv\u00e9e aux hommes. L\u2019\u00e9glise d\u2019origine, de style aksoumite, demeure remarquablement intacte, faisant de Debre Damo un tr\u00e9sor du patrimoine spirituel, architectural et manuscrit.<\/p>\n

La situation spectaculaire de Debre Damo, au sommet d\u2019une falaise, en fait un v\u00e9ritable ermitage spirituel, dont l\u2019acc\u00e8s difficile par une corde de cuir illustre le caract\u00e8re monastique retir\u00e9. Son \u00e9glise aksoumite\u2014avec ses assises altern\u00e9es de pierre et de bois et ses saillies caract\u00e9ristiques en \u201ct\u00eates de singe\u201d\u2014est la plus ancienne \u00e9glise \u00e9thiopienne conserv\u00e9e dans son \u00e9tat d\u2019origine. Les plafonds et piliers en bois sculpt\u00e9, orn\u00e9s de motifs animaliers et d\u2019iconographie hagiographique, t\u00e9moignent de la continuit\u00e9 de l\u2019art religieux \u00e9thiopien ancien.<\/p>\n

Le monast\u00e8re reste un centre spirituel actif et une \u00e9cole th\u00e9ologique, abritant d\u2019anciens manuscrits et perp\u00e9tuant les traditions orthodoxes \u00e9thiopiennes. Des r\u00e9cits l\u00e9gendaires\u2014tels que sa fondation assist\u00e9e par un serpent ou son usage comme prison royale\u2014renforcent sa profondeur symbolique. Chaque ann\u00e9e, un p\u00e8lerinage a lieu lors de la f\u00eate de saint Aregawi (14 \u1e6c\u0259q\u0259mt \/ 24\u201325 octobre), o\u00f9 les fid\u00e8les gravissent la corde jusqu\u2019au sommet.<\/p>\n

Malgr\u00e9 son isolement, le site a fait l\u2019objet de recherches scientifiques, de campagnes de conservation architecturale et d\u2019un entretien respectueux des mat\u00e9riaux d\u2019origine. Sa long\u00e9vit\u00e9, depuis l\u2019\u00e9poque byzantine jusqu\u2019\u00e0 nos jours\u2014comme foyer du monachisme \u00e9thiopien et conservatoire de pri\u00e8re, d\u2019\u00e9crits et d\u2019architecture\u2014fait de Debre Damo un monument spirituel et historique hors du commun.<\/p>\n

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Sources:<\/span><\/b> Wikipedia & Wikidata, SouthWorld.net, StunningEthiopiaTours & Venture\u2011Ethiopia, Rethinking The Future, Lonely Planet.<\/p>\n

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Fond\u00e9 au VI\u1d49 si\u00e8cle par Abuna Aregawi\u2014l\u2019un des l\u00e9gendaires Neuf Saints \u00e0 l\u2019origine du monachisme \u00e9thiopien\u2014ce sanctuaire isol\u00e9 n\u2019est accessible que par une corde de cuir de 15 m\u00e8tres, l\u2019entr\u00e9e \u00e9tant traditionnellement r\u00e9serv\u00e9e aux […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":93131,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":[],"meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[798],"tags":[700],"professionals":[],"style":[],"color":[],"materials":[],"products":[],"size":[],"company":[],"associate":[],"companies-institutions":[],"non-african":[],"region":[8425],"class_list":["post-68683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-patrimoine","tag-ethiopie","region-afrique-de-lest"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nMonast\u00e8re de Debre Damo - \u00c9thiopie \u2502 Apsaidal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"\u00c0 l'extr\u00eame nord de l'\u00c9thiopie se trouve Debre Damo, l'un des sites les plus importants du pays. 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