Tuesday 25 May 2010

More Meteora


The sandstone peaks were first inhabited by Byzantine hermits in the 11th. century, who clambered up the rocks to be alone with God. The present monasteries were built in the 14th. and 15th. century. There were 24 monasteries by 1500, but only 6 survive today.
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