Kalambaka Greece - Meteora monasteries
Meteora monasteries are in the Kalambaka (Καλαμπάκα) municipality and are the second largest and important complexes of Eastern Orthodox monasteries after Mount Athos. Meteora is located in the Thessaly Plain, 70 km west of Larissa, in the municipality of Kalambaka (Kalambaka) - Central Greece. of seven monasteries built on the tops of hard-to-reach sharp rocks, like needles. They rise in the sky at 400 meters high and are included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. It is supposed that these rock pillars of Meteora were formed about 60 million years ago as a result of a series of earth movements and constantly under the influence of atmospheric influences such as extreme temperatures, wind, and water. Most of the monasteries are perched on high cliffs and accessible by staircases cut into the rock formations, mobile stairs, and cable bridges. Of the seven world-renowned monasteries of Meteora Greece , only six of them are accessible to visitors: * The Holy Monastery of Great M
