Meteora is a rock formation located in Greece, and houses one of the largest ... ossuary similar to the one shown at Meteora. The Varlaam Monastery was constructed in 1350 and named for ...

Carved right into the rock, up on a cliffside or overlooking the valley from atop a rocky promontory... In the Balkans, from ...

The monasteries of Meteora in Thessaly are perched atop mighty rock formations; the backdrop starred as a location in Game of Thrones - Paul Williams /Alamy ...

These locations are wonderfully dramatic and treacherous, but the Greek Orthodox Church one-ups them all with Meteora, a collection of monasteries perched on rock pillars 1300 feet above ground.

This story appears in the March 2020 issue of National Geographic magazine. The monasteries of Meteora, Greece, are marvels of engineering. Perched atop sandstone cliffs, with monastic cells ...

Above the town of Kalambaka, on the north-western edge of Greece ... number of monasteries, which by the 14th Century served as shelter from Turkish invaders. The journey to Meteora (a 4 ...

The Meteora (Greek for ‘suspended in the air’ or ‘in the heavens above’) is a group of six monasteries and one of the largest and most important complexes of Eastern Orthodox monasteries ...

In October, I flew to Greece to visit my daughter ... the 11th century because of its remoteness; monasteries followed. The area is known as Meteora. The views of the rising rock formations ...

Above the town of Kalambaka, on the north-western edge of Greece ... number of monasteries, which by the 14th Century served as shelter from Turkish invaders. The journey to Meteora (a 4 ...