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Holy Monastery of Great Meteoron

The Monastery of Great Meteoron is an Eastern Orthodox monastery that is part of the monastery complex in , central . It is situated on top of a rock called Meteora or Platylithos, which is 415 metres above the valley floor.
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  • Opening hours:
    9:30 AM—3:00 PM
    Tuesday: closed
    November—March: Thursday—Monday 9:30 AM—2:00 PM; Tuesday—Wednesday closed
  • Type: Monastery
  • Denomination: Greek Orthodox
  • Description: monastery in Meteora, Greece
  • Also known as: “Great Meteoro”, “Great Meteoron monastery”, “Megalo Meteoro”, “Metamorphosis”, “Monastery of Great Meteoron”, “Mone Megalou Meteoron”, and “Transfiguration Monastery”
  • Address: Καλαμπάκα

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Holy Monastery of St. Nikolaos of Anapafsas and The Holy Monastery of Varlaam.

Monastery
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The Monastery of St. Nicholas Anapausas is an Eastern Orthodox monastery that is part of the monastery complex in , central . Founded at the end of the 14th century, it is situated at the top of a rocky precipice. is situated 330 metres south of Holy Monastery of Great Meteoron.

Monastery
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The Monastery of St. Varlaam is an Eastern Orthodox monastery that is part of the monastery complex in , central . It is situated at the top of a rocky precipice that is 373 metres above the valley floor. is situated 410 metres southeast of Holy Monastery of Great Meteoron.

Monastery
Photo: RoubinakiM, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Monastery of St. Rousanou is an Eastern Orthodox monastery that is part of the monastery complex in , central . It is situated at the top of a rocky precipice. is situated 800 metres southeast of Holy Monastery of Great Meteoron.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Meteora and Kastraki.

Photo: Wisniowy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is one of the gems of . Near the town of in northwestern , it consists of a number of rock pinnacles topped with a total of 24 monasteries, 6 of which are still in use and open to visitors, while the others are abandoned.

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.

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Kalabaka is a town and seat of the municipality of Meteora in the Trikala regional unit, part of in . The population was 11,492 at the 2021 census, of which 8,573 in the town proper.

Holy Monastery of Great Meteoron

Latitude
39.72676° or 39° 43′ 36″ north
Longitude
21.62557° or 21° 37′ 32″ east
Open location code
8GF3PJGG+P6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 534903882
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Wiki­data ID
Q664858
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Holy Monastery of Great Meteoron” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “دير ميتيورون العظيم”
  • Bulgarian: “Преображение Господне”
  • Catalan: “Gran Meteor”
  • Catalan: “Monestir del Gran Meteor”
  • Czech: “Monastýr Velká Meteora”
  • Dutch: “Grand Météore”
  • Finnish: “Suuren Metéoron luostari”
  • French: “Grand Météore”
  • Georgian: “დიდი მეტეორის მონასტერი”
  • German: “Großes Meteoron-Kloster”
  • German: “Megalo Meteoro”
  • German: “Megalo Meteoron”
  • Greek: “Μεγάλο Μετέωρο”
  • Greek: “Μονή Μεγάλου Μετεώρου”
  • Greek: “Μονή Μεταμορφώσεως”
  • Greek: “Μονή Μεταμόρφωσης του Σωτήρως”
  • Italian: “Gran Meteora”
  • Macedonian: “Голем Метеор”
  • Polish: “Wielki Meteor”
  • Romanian: “Mănăstirea Ortodoxă a „Marelui Meteor” Meteora”
  • Russian: “Большой Метеорский монастырь”
  • Russian: “Мегала Метеора”
  • Serbian: “Манастир Велики Метеор”
  • Slovenian: “samostan Veliki Meteoron”
  • Slovenian: “Veliki Meteoron”
  • Spanish: “Monasterio del Gran Meteoro”
  • Swedish: “Meteoron”
  • Swedish: “Stora Meteoron”
  • Tatar: “Мегало Метеоро кәшишханәсе”
  • Ukrainian: “Мегала Метеора”

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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 Wikipedia page “Holy Monastery of Great Meteoron”. Photo: Janmad, CC BY-SA 2.0.