Ancient Monasteries Perch Among Meteora In Greece

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A view of the Varlaam Monastery at Meteora, central Greece. Monks and hermits have found refuge for over 1,000 years at the gigantic rock formations in central Greece, which still puzzle scientists as to how they came to be formed and are visited today by thousands of tourists. The Holy Meteora have been acknowledged as maintained and protected monument of humanity by UNESCO.

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A view of the Agia Triada Monastery at Meteora, central Greece. Monks and hermits have found refuge for over 1,000 years at the gigantic rock formations in central Greece, which still puzzle scientists as to how they came to be formed and are visited today by thousands of tourists. The Holy Meteora have been acknowledged as maintained and protected monument of humanity by UNESCO.

The skulls of deceased monks in an ossuary are seen through a locked door at the Megalo Meteoro or Metamorphisis monastery at Meteora, central Greece. Monks and hermits have found refuge for over 1,000 years at the gigantic rock formations in central Greece, which still puzzle scientists as to how they came to be and are visited today by thousands of tourists. The Holy Meteora have been acknowledged as maintained and protected monument of humanity by UNESCO

An Ortodox priest takes a lift to the Monastery of Agia Triada at Meteora on May 9, 2008 in Athens, Greece. Monks and hermits have found refuge for over 1,000 years at the gigantic rock formations in central Greece, which still puzzle scientists as to how they came to be formed and are visited today by thousands of tourists. The Holy Meteora have been maintained and protected as a monument of humanity by UNESCO.

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