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The Holy Monastery of Varlaam – The Holy Monastery of Varlaam is the second largest monastery in the Metéora complex.
It was built in 1541 and embellished in 1548. A church, dedicated to All Saints, is in the Athonite type (cross-in-square with dome and choirs), with spacious esonarthex (lite) is surrounded by a dome.
It was built in 1541/42 and decorated in 1548, while the esonarthex was decorated in 1566.
The old refectory is used as a museum while North of the Church we can see the parekklesion of the Three Bishops built in 1627 and decorated in 1637.
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Panorama from Kastraki
and so from Ioannina I drove for just about 2 hours, the first hour on an empty motorway with lots of tunnels, the second on a very uneven and windy mountain road, to reach the village of Kastraki which sits below the imposing and spectacular cliffs of Meteora.
The Meteora (/ˌmɛtiˈɔːrə/;[1] Greek: Μετέωρα, 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.[2] 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.
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Meteora is a rock formation in central Greece hosting one of the largest and most precipitously built complexes of Eastern Orthodox monasteriea. 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.
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The rock, at first glance, and from a distance, looks volcanic, like an old volcanic plug, but it's not, it is sandstone formed in a shallow sea some 60 million years ago.
The Meteora
Greek: Μετέωρα, 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 Kalabaka at the northwestern edge of the Plain of Thessaly near the Pineios river and Pindus Mountains.
Looking from Meteora across Kastraki and the plain of Thessaly to the Pindus Mountains in the distance.
There were originally twenty-four monasteries established atop the giant natural pillars and hill-like rounded boulders that dominate the landscape near Meteora. Today six monasteries remain active and open to visitors.
Meteora, Trikala, Greece
Meteora (in lingua greca: Μετέωρα, pronunciato [mɛtɛoɾɐ], letteralmente "in mezzo all'aria" dal greco "META'" "in mezzo a" e "AER" aria, "sospeso in aria" o "in alto nei cieli") è una famosa località ubicata nel nord della Grecia, al bordo nord occidentale della pianura della Tessaglia, nei pressi della cittadina di Kalambaka. È un importante centro della chiesa ortodossa, nonché una rinomata meta turistica, ed è stata dichiarata patrimonio dell'umanità dall'Unesco.
Dei ventiquattro monasteri edificati con enormi sacrifici in cima a falesie di arenaria, attualmente solo sei sono ancora abitati, in parte recuperati dopo anni di abbandono:
Agios Nikolaos (San Nicola)
Agios Stefanos (Santo Stéfano)
Aghia Triada (Santa Trinità)
Gran Meteora, o monastero della Trasfigurazione
Roussanou, o di Santa Barbara
Varlaam
monastero di Ypapanti
Kalampaka - Grecia Continentale - Giugno 2017