The Meteora, Greece - Kalabaka
The Meteora ('suspended rocks, suspended in the air or in the heavens above') - one of the largest and most important complexes of Eastern Orthodox monasteries in Greece, with monasteries 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. The nearest town is Kalabaka
Picture No
10509362
Media ID
45526602
Size
5563px x 3482px
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Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Unattributed postcard
Date
circa 1920
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Complexes Heavens Meteora Monasteries Northwestern Orthodox Pillars Sandstone Suspended Thessaly
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