Meteora is an area in Thessaly (central Greece) and
Kalampaka is the city under the rock towers of Meteora.The
thing that makes Meteora so special is the monasteries
on the top of the rock towers.The monasteries,the amount of peaks to climb and
the paths for hiking brings many tourists to Meteora all year round.
The Greek
word meteora means ''suspended in the air'' and our words meteorite and meteology
come from the same root.The conglomerate rock at Meteora has eroded into fantastic
peaks upon which medievel monks built monasteries,several of which are still
alive.
The isolated monasteries of Meteora helped keep Greek Orthodox religious
traditions and Hellenic culture alive during the turbulent Middle Ages and
Ottoman Turk occupation of Greece (1453-1829).
In 1988,UNESCO declared Meteora
to be a World Heritage Site !
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