Meteora - History, Art, Monastic Presence

On the western part of Thessaly stands Meteora, a stone town raised up high, consisting of more than a thousand rocky pinnacles. So far there has been no human description, no picture, that could bring to life their imposing beauty. Meteora is also associated with one of the largest and most precipitously built complexes of Eastern Orthodox monasteries in Greece, second in importance only to Mount Athos. The six monasteries are built on natural sandstone rock pillars, at the northwestern edge of the Plain of Thessaly near the Pineios river and Pindus Mountains, in central Greece...