Meteora
Meteora
Central Greece zones contain, and one of the strangest and most beautiful landscapes in the European continent, and is the Meteora region, which means hanging in the air or in the sky rocks, one of the largest and most important gatherings monasteries in Greece comes importance after Mount Athos, the monasteries were built on a vertical rock at the edge North of Thessaly plain near the river and Pindus Mountains, which are located in the center of Greece, Meteora area consists of six monasteries, and is considered one of the main attractions in Greece, Meteora is included in the World Heritage List of UNESCO since 1988,
Monasteries built on the vertical rocks in the northern edge of the Thessaly plain near the river and Pindus Mountains, which are located in central Greece.
These stones are taken shape as a result of this geological radical changes about 60 million years ago, and has found a large number of caves, which proves the presence of humans in this place before 50,000 years ago.
Was not possible to reach the top of the rock easily, it has built the first monks ladders simple cross pushing the wood in the holes in the rock, and they went up through it until they are natural caves that have become their resort solid, put the wood of various types and forms to suggest that nest of birds, was a pulley system The rope used to carry food and drink for the clergy, and the mountains were the only means by linking them to the outside world
Monastery Rossano
Nunnery his church constructed in 1545 according to the Byzantine style to replace the Transfiguration Church demolished, and still sing their beauty and their icons and wooden Aloiconstas doctrine to this day.
The Monastery of Saint Varlam
Back to the fourteenth century, built by St. Varlam of several silos and a chapel for prayer engraved in the rock called on behalf of the three moons Saints Church. After his death, abandoned church and monastery, to the Brotherhood Nectarios and Theophanes decided to renovate the monastery and church in 1518, then joined by many of the monks.
The Monastery of Saint Stefanos
Easily accessible via the extended bridge length of 8 meters, containing several rooms and bath water and a small church. Built in the fourteenth century, and was dedicated to the monks, and in 1961 turned into a nunnery.
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