Meteora Monasteries Greece Map. The Majestic Mountains of Meteora Come and pick it up from our offices or right at your hotel's reception! Meteora, or Meteora monasteries, have become the second most visited place in the mainland of Greece
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The name of the monastic state was given by the founder of the monastery of Megalo Meteoro, Agios Athanasios Meteoritis, who baptized Meteoro (meaning high up in the air) the huge rock that accessed in 1344 for the first time. In total, today there are approximately 50 nuns and 17 monks still living in the active monasteries of Meteora. Out of those 6 active monasteries, 2 of them (Agios Stefanos & Roussanou) are convents with nuns and the rest 4 are male monasteries with monks
Map of the Meteora monasteries. The name of the monastic state was given by the founder of the monastery of Megalo Meteoro, Agios Athanasios Meteoritis, who baptized Meteoro (meaning high up in the air) the huge rock that accessed in 1344 for the first time. Monks had inhabited caves in Meteora since the 11th century, but the inaccessible peaks provided relative safety for Greek Orthodox monks.
Meteora, Greece Monasteries, maps, itineraries, images, hotels, etc. Meteora, Greece. Meteora Meteora is one of the gems of Greece.Near the town of Kalambaka in northwestern Thessaly, it consists of a number of rock pinnacles topped with a total of 24 monasteries, 6 of which are still in use and open to visitors, while the others are abandoned. Meteora, or Meteora monasteries, have become the second most visited place in the mainland of Greece