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Unesco World Heritage Site
The monastery complex of Meteora, Greece, sits thousands of feet above the ground, making it one of the most remote places to live and worship in the world.
While 30 monasteries were built over the centuries, today only six remain active.
Please press "L" and zoom to appreciate the beauty.
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These are monasteries for monks, and nuns (not together) 6 of out of the 24 monasteries are being used. 2 of them are now for nuns. They started being built in the 11th century so many are in disrepair.
- @ Monasteries in Meteora (Meteora, Greece)
- Leica SL2
- Sigma 100-400mm F5-6.3 DG DN OS | Contemporary 020
It's been a while since I've posted, due to a few things, being crazy busy with Wedding editing and also a slight lack of enthusiasm for landscape photography. It's been a month since I got back from an amazing trip to Greece where we spent a week in northern Greece and a week in southern Greece. I've only just got round to even looking at them let alone editing them.
This shot is from the first week, never imagined that we'd stuggle to take photos due to TOO much cloud! We had several cloudy days where sunrise/sunset just didn't happen, fortunately we did get a few great skies. It was taken in Meteora from one of the various view points. It is a spectacular place, not ruined yet by tourists (however if you're into Game of Thrones, you may recognise it). If you ever get chance to visit, I highly recommend it!
Anyway hopefully I'll be slowly working my way through some of the other shots taken, so watch this space :)
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Roussanou Monastery (and behind: Agios Nikolaos, Great Meteora)
Kalabaka, Greece
One of the first pics taken with my new Tokina 11-20 F2.8 ^_^
The approach to the Great Meteora monastery, once accessed only by rope via the windlass tower to the right.
The Metéora (Greek: Μετέωρα, "suspended rocks", "suspended in the air" or "in the heavens above") is one of the largest and most important complexes of Eastern Orthodox monasteries in Greece, second only to Mount Athos.[1] The nearest town is Kalambaka, Greece. The monasteries are built on natural sandstone rock pillars, at the northwestern edge of the Plain of Thessaly near the Peneios river and Pindus Mountains, in central Greece. The Metéora is home to six monasteries and is included on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Metéora's criteria[2] for the UNESCO World Heritage Site are I, II, IV, V and VII.[3]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteora
The Meteora pronounced [meˈteora]) is a rock formation in central Greece hosting one of the largest and most precipitously built complexes of Eastern Orthodox monasteries, second in importance only to Mount Athos.The six (of an original twenty four) monasteries are built on immense natural pillars and hill-like rounded boulders that dominate the local area. It is located near the town of Kalambaka at the northwestern edge of the Plain of Thessaly near the Pineios river and Pindus Mountains.