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View of the Meteora Rock Formations

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1. View of Meteora Monastery – Roussanou Monastery loop from Καλαμπάκα

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2. View of Meteora Monastery loop from Καλαμπάκα

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3. View of Meteora Monastery loop from Kalabaka

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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

There are several caves in the formations of the Meteora rocks. The Theopetra Cave is particularly worth mentioning. This cave is home to the oldest man-made structure in the world. It is a stone wall that closes two-thirds of the entrance to the cave. It was built 23,000 years ago, probably as a barrier against cold and wind.
The first documented hermitages in Meteora date back to the 11th century. These ascetics created small prayer niches next to or in their cave dwellings.
In the 14th and 15th centuries, the ascetics began to climb higher, huge rocks with the help of winches and poles. The monks not only felt 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, numerous monasteries and hermitages were built.

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