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View of the Meteora Monasteries

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View of the Meteora Monasteries

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1. View of Meteora Monastery loop from Kalabaka

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2. View of Meteora Monastery loop from Καλαμπάκα

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3. View of Kalambaka loop from Καλαμπάκα

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Tibor🥾🌿☀️

October 7, 2025

East of the Pindus Mountains, mighty sandstone cliffs rise to a height of approximately 500 meters. 24 monasteries were once built on their summits. Monks and nuns still live in six of them today. These monasteries are now UNESCO World Heritage sites and are often referred to as "floating monasteries" because they appear almost suspended in fog or low clouds.

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Rainer & Petra

June 23, 2024

In the 14th and 15th centuries, the ascetics began to climb higher, huge rocks with the help of winches and poles. The monks felt not only undisturbed in the Meteora monasteries, but also safer from looters and raids because the monasteries could only be entered via ladders and ropes.
From the 14th century onwards, the monks built 19 monasteries and the facilities were supported financially and by granting privileges by pious regional rulers such as King Symeon. Over the years, a number of monasteries and hermitages were built.

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