Meteora

The Metéora (Greek: Μετέωρα, "suspended rocks", "suspended in the air" or "in the heavens above") is the name for a number of monasteries in Greece. Several Eastern Orthodox monasteries are part of the complex, located in Kalambaka, Greece. The site is almost as important as Mount Athos.[1] 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]

Meteora
Native name
Greek: Μετέωρα
Landscape of Meteora
Landscape of Meteora
LocationThessaly, Greece
Official name: Meteora
TypeCultural
Criteriai, ii, iv, v, vii
Designated1988 (12th session)
Reference No.455
State PartyGreece
RegionEurope

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Meteora Media

References

  1. Sofianos, D.Z.: "Metéora". Holy Monastery of Great Meteoro, 1991.
  2. http://whc.unesco.org/en/criteria/ retrieved November 7, 2007
  3. http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/455/documents/ retrieved November 2, 2007

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