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Trikala
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Meteora

The monastery-crowned pillars of Meteora are among the most striking geological and cultural gems of . The formation consists of a number of steep and narrow rock pinnacles near the town of in northwestern , topped with a total of 24 monasteries, 6 of which are still in use and open to visitors.
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  • Type: Region
  • Description: rock formation with cluster of Greek Orthodox monasteries
  • Also known as: “Meteora monasteries”
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: I.Kenanoglou, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Holy Monastery of Great Meteoron and The Holy Monastery of Varlaam.

Monastery
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The Monastery of Great Meteoron is a Greek Orthodox monastery near the town of Kalambaka, in the region of central . It is located at the top of a rocky precipice over 415 metres above the valley floor.

Monastery
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The Monastery of Saint Varlaam is a Greek Orthodox monastery in central , situated in the Valley northeast of the town of Kalambaka. It is located at the top of a rocky precipice that is 373 metres above the valley floor.

Monastery
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The Monastery of Saint Nicholas Anapausas is a former Greek Orthodox monastery near the town of Kalambaka, in the region of central . It is located at the top of a rocky precipice over 415 metres above the valley floor.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kalambaka and Kastraki.

Photo: Haneburger, CC0.
is a city of 11,500 people in the region of central , at the base of the Meteora monasteries. This is the hub of tourist services for the mystical clifftop refuges that loom above it.

Village
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is a village in municipal unit, Trikala, , Greece. It is located on the northwest of the main municipal unit of . takes advantage of a small valley opening into the southwest side of the Meteora massif.

Meteora

Latitude
39.7218° or 39° 43′ 19″ north
Longitude
21.6305° or 21° 37′ 50″ east
Elevation
420 metres (1,378 feet)
Open location code
8GF3PJCJ+P6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 399713412
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­region
Geo­Names ID
6941098
Wiki­data ID
Q3125051
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yoruba—“Meteora” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Meteora”
  • Albanian: “Meteora”
  • Arabic: “ميتيورا”
  • Armenian: “Մետեորա”
  • Azerbaijani: “Meteora”
  • Basque: “Meteora”
  • Belarusian: “Манастыры Метэоры”
  • Belarusian: “Мэтэора”
  • Bulgarian: “Метеора”
  • Burmese: “မီတီအိုရာ”
  • Catalan: “Els Meteors”
  • Chinese: “迈泰奥拉”
  • Chinese: “迈泰奥拉修道院”
  • Croatian: “Meteora”
  • Czech: “Meteora”
  • Danish: “Meteora”
  • Dutch: “Meteora (kloosters)”
  • Dutch: “Meteora”
  • Esperanto: “Meteora”
  • Finnish: “Meteora”
  • Finnish: “Metéora”
  • French: “Météores”
  • French: “monastères des Météores”
  • French: “Monastères des Météores”
  • Galician: “Meteora, Grecia”
  • Galician: “Meteora”
  • Georgian: “მეტეორა”
  • Georgian: “მეტეორას მონასტრები”
  • German: “Meteora”
  • Greek: “Μετέωρα”
  • Greek: “Μοναστήρια των Μετεώρων”
  • Hebrew: “מטאורה”
  • Hindi: “मेटेओरा”
  • Hungarian: “Meteorák”
  • Ido: “Meteora”
  • Indonesian: “Meteora”
  • Italian: “Meteora”
  • Italian: “Monasteri di Meteora”
  • Japanese: “メテオラ”
  • Kannada: “ಮಿಟಿ ಓರ”
  • Kazakh: “Метеора монастырлары”
  • Kazakh: “Метеора”
  • Korean: “메테오라”
  • Latin: “Meteora”
  • Latvian: “Meteora”
  • Lithuanian: “Meteoros”
  • Luxembourgish: “Meteora-Kléischter”
  • Luxembourgish: “Meteorakléischter”
  • Macedonian: “Метеора”
  • Malayalam: “മെറ്റെയോറ”
  • Maltese: “Meteora”
  • Maltese: “Monasteri ta’ Meteora”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “meteora”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Metéora”
  • Norwegian: “Meteora”
  • Persian: “متئورا”
  • Persian: “متورا”
  • Polish: “Meteory”
  • Portuguese: “Meteora”
  • Portuguese: “Metéora”
  • Romanian: “Meteora”
  • Romanian: “Sfânta Meteora”
  • Russian: “Метеора”
  • Russian: “Монастыри Метеоры”
  • Serbian: “Метеори”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Meteora”
  • Slovak: “Meteora”
  • Slovenian: “Meteora”
  • Spanish: “Meteora”
  • Swedish: “Meteora”
  • Tatar: “Метеора кәшишханәләре”
  • Turkish: “Meteora Manastırları”
  • Turkish: “Meteora”
  • Ukrainian: “Метеора”
  • Vietnamese: “Metéora”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Meteora”
  • Western Frisian: “Meteora”
  • Western Panjabi: “مٹیورا”
  • Yakut: “Метеора”
  • Yoruba: “Meteora”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Meteora”. Photo: Wisniowy, CC BY-SA 4.0.