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Ammouliani (Αμμουλιανή).
Chalkidiki (Χαλκιδικής), Central Macedonia (Κεντρικής Μακεδονίας), Greece (Ελλάδα).
40°20′N 23°55.2′E
269.517 remolcando las 269.065 y 090 desde Venta de Baños a su paso por Pitis.
Pitis 28/10/2024
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La 269.020 de Athos Rail, una excisión de Raxell Rail, esta japonesa y las 269.035 y 065 serán alquiladas a Low Cost Rail si todo va bien.
TCR Villaverde, 13.9.2022
A surprise sunset in Halkidiki and some rare clouds too. A combination too good to pass up! Mount Athos in the distance is run by monks and is a protected area. As ever, my love of unusual rock formations drew me too the beautiful foreground in this area. The sunset was happening behind me and to my left, but the colours cast into the foreground were stunning.
The Russian Orthodox monastery of St Panteleimon is built on the south-west side of the peninsula of Mt. Athos. The monastery was built at its current site in 1765, while the original building dates back to the beginning of the eleventh century.
The construction of the present monastery was carried out during the first two decades of the nineteenth century, with the financial help of the ruler of Moldo-Wallachia, Skarlatos Kallimaches. Russian monks numbered 1,000 in 1895 and 1,446 in 1903. Today, due to a great decrease in monastic vocations, only 35 monks live in the monastery. It occupies the nineteenth rank in the hierarchical order of the twenty Athonite monasteries. It is coenobitic (i.e. it is a communal monastic life). It also contains four sketes.
The monastery features the architecture of a small town, with buildings of various heights and many domes. Although destroyed by a recent fire (1968) one wing of the monastery was used as the guest quarters, with a capacity for 1,000 monks. The monastery's katholikon ( or monastery church) was built between 1812-1821 and is dedicated to St. Panteleimon. It features the same style found in all the Athonite churches. Aside from the katholikon, the monastery has many smaller chapels.
The Library is housed is a separate building in the monastery's court. It contains 1,320 Greek manuscripts and another 600 Slavonic ones, as well as 25,000 printed books.
Reached 145 on Friday, June 27, 2008 on Explore.
"Mt Athos, Halkidiki, Greece" - Sunrise at this beautiful location, and just a two minute walk away from he tent where we were camped :) I was lucky to catch some cloud in the morning, as usually it would be bright blue and cloud free. I felt the foreground rocks looked a bit like whales? Maybe just me!