Kalambaka
Kalambaka is a city of 11,500 people in the Thessaly region of central Greece, at the base of the Meteora monasteries. This is the hub of tourist services for the mystical clifftop refuges that loom above it.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 8,330 residents
- Description: town in Trikala regional unit, part of Thessaly in Greece
- Also known as: “Kalabaka” and “Kalampaka”
- Postal code: 42200
Places of Interest
Highlights include Monastery of the Holy Trinity, Meteora and The Holy Monastery of Roussanou.
Monastery of the Holy Trinity, Meteora
Monastery
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The Monastery of the Holy Trinity, also known as Agia Triada, Ayías Triádhos, Ayia Triada, is a Greek Orthodox monastery in central Greece, situated in the Pineios Valley northeast of the town of Kalambaka.
The Holy Monastery of Roussanou
Monastery
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The Monastery of St. Rousanou is a former Greek Orthodox monastery near the town of Kalambaka, in the Thessaly region of central Greece. It is located at the top of a rocky precipice over 415 metres above the Pineios valley floor.
Monastery of Saint Stephen
Monastery
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The Monastery of Saint Stephen is a Greek Orthodox monastery in central Greece, situated in the Pineios Valley northeast of the town of Kalambaka. It is located at the top of a rocky precipice below Kukulas peak, 510 metres.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Meteora and Kastraki.
Meteora
Photo: Wisniowy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The monastery-crowned pillars of Meteora are among the most striking geological and cultural gems of Greece. The formation consists of a number of steep and narrow rock pinnacles near the town of Kalambaka in northwestern Thessaly, topped with a total of 24 monasteries, 6 of which are still in use and open to visitors.
Kastraki
Village
Kastraki is a village in Kalabaka municipal unit, Trikala, Thessaly, Greece. It is located on the northwest of the main municipal unit of Kalabaka. Kastraki takes advantage of a small valley opening into the southwest side of the Meteora massif.
Kalambaka
Latitude
39.707° or 39° 42′ 25″ northLongitude
21.6279° or 21° 37′ 41″ eastPopulation
8,330Elevation
221 metres (725 feet)OpenStreetMap ID
node 130250606OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Vietnamese—“Kalambaka” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Kallabaka”
- Arabic: “كالاباكا”
- Arabic: “كالامباكا، تريكالا”
- Arabic: “كالامباكا”
- Armenian: “Կալամբակա”
- Asturian: “Kalabaka”
- Belarusian: “Калябака”
- Belarusian: “Калямбака”
- Bosnian: “Kalambaka”
- Bulgarian: “Каламбака”
- Bulgarian: “Стаги”
- Catalan: “Kalambaka”
- Cebuano: “Kalampáka”
- Chinese: “卡兰巴卡”
- Chuvash: “Каламбака”
- Croatian: “Kalambaka”
- Czech: “Kalambaka”
- Dutch: “Kalampaka”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كالاباكا”
- Finnish: “Kalampáka”
- French: “Kalambaka”
- French: “Kalambáka”
- Gan Chinese: “KALAMBAKA,GREECE”
- Georgian: “კალაბაკა”
- German: “Kalambaka”
- German: “Kalampaka”
- Greek: “Καλαμπάκα”
- Hebrew: “קלמבקה”
- Hindi: “कलाबका”
- Hungarian: “Kalambaka”
- Italian: “Kalambaka”
- Japanese: “カランバカ”
- Latin: “Calampaca”
- Latin: “Kalabaka”
- Lithuanian: “Kalampakis”
- Macedonian: “Каламбака”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kalambáka”
- Persian: “کالاباکا”
- Polish: “Kalabaka”
- Polish: “Kalambaka”
- Polish: “Kalampaka”
- Portuguese: “Kalabáka”
- Portuguese: “Kalambaka”
- Russian: “Калабака”
- Russian: “Каламбака”
- Russian: “Стаги”
- Serbian: “Kalambaka”
- Serbian: “Каламбака”
- Serbian: “Калампака”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Kalambaka”
- Slovenian: “Kalabaka”
- Slovenian: “Kalambaka”
- Spanish: “Kalabaka”
- Spanish: “Kalambaka”
- Spanish: “Kalampaka”
- Swedish: “Kalampáka”
- Turkish: “Kalabaka”
- Turkish: “Kalambaka”
- Ukrainian: “Каламбака”
- Vietnamese: “Kalabaka”
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