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<< Our Photo Pages >> Metéora - Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature in Greece in Northern Greece

Submitted by KaiHofmann on Monday, 24 June 2013  Page Views: 2349

Natural PlacesSite Name: Metéora
Country: Greece
NOTE: This site is 25.154 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: Northern Greece Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Nearest Town: Kalambaka  Nearest Village: Kastrakion
Latitude: 39.716562N  Longitude: 21.629319E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
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5 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Metéora submitted by KaiHofmann : The Metéora rocks. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Natural rocks in Northern Greece

5km south of Metéora lie the Theopetra caves which were inhabited 20.000 years ago. Metéora is one of the most extraordinary landscapes of the world. The large stone pillars forms a kind of stone forest, some of the rocks are more than 120m tall. In the 9th century orthodox monks built hermitages in and on the top of the rocks. Later they built 26 monasteries, today 6 monasteries are left and could be visited. Many caves could be found with human remains like wodden ladders and lifts. The Metéora rocks are a UNSECO World Heritage site.

The Journal of Antiquities includes an entry for this site - see their page for Meteora, Plain Of Thessaly, Greece, which focuses on the "Christian enclave where in 950 AD Barnabas and his fellow hermits came to live in inaccessible rock-hewn caves and, later, in 1350 the first hermitage was established on Dupiani Rock by the monk, Nilos … There were twenty-four monasteries in all between the 14th and 16th centuries but today only six are still inhabited". The Journal also includes a list of reference sources for more information.

For more information about the rock towers, start at Meteora, a unique place in Greece.
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Metéora submitted by davidmorgan : August 1993. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Metéora submitted by KaiHofmann : The Metéora rocks. (2 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Metéora submitted by KaiHofmann : The Metéora rocks. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Metéora submitted by KaiHofmann : The Metéora rocks. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Metéora submitted by KaiHofmann : Monastery on a large rock.

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Metéora submitted by KaiHofmann : Agia Triada monastery on a large rock.

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Metéora submitted by KaiHofmann : Agios Nikolaos Anapafsas monastery on a large rock.

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Metéora submitted by KaiHofmann : The Metéora rocks.

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Metéora submitted by KaiHofmann : The Metéora rocks.

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Metéora submitted by KaiHofmann : The Metéora rocks. (2 comments)

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