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1000places > METEORA, GREECE - Prevalent throughout the monasteries we visited were icons, painted images that depict the visual Gospel. Outside the town of Kalambaka, we stopped by an "icon factory" where skilled craftsmen (and women) still practice the 1500-year old art of iconography.
1000places > METEORA, GREECE - The "icon factory" outside of Kalambaka is the place where Greek Orthodox priests from throughout the region come to shop.
1000places > METEORA, GREECE - Today there are easier ways to access the Meteora monasteries. This one, the Monastery of Saint Barbara Rousanou (probably named after the first hermit to live on the rock) could be reached by a wooded trail and a stone stairway.
1000places > METEORA, GREECE - "Meteora" means "suspended in air." Until the 1920s, the only access monks had to these monasteries was a net hitched over a hook and hoisted by rope and a handcranked windlass. The ropes were replaced only when, according to the monks, "the Lord let them break."
1000places > METEORA, GREECE - The Monastery of Saint Nicholas Anapapsas was built in the latter part of the 15th century.
1000places > METEORA, GREECE - Once there were 24 of these mountaintop monasteries. Today only six remain active, sparcely occupied by monks and nuns. We visited the Monastery of Saint Stephan, one of the oldest dating back to 1350, which overlooks the modern-day town of Kalambaka.
1000places > METEORA, GREECE - Our guide Cassandra gave us a tour of the monastery's chapel (no photos were allowed beyond this point).
1000places > METEORA, GREECE: CLIFFTOP SANCTUARIES IN THE CLOUDS - Continuing our journey northward, we reached the Plain of Thessaly and encountered massive granite pinnacles. At the top were monasteries, the earliest built in the 14th century by monks seeking refuge from Turkish pirates. This is the Monastery of the Holy Trinity.
1000places > To paraphrase one of our fellow travelers, there is "old" and then there is "way old." After several years exploring the "old" ruins of Mexico, Central and South America, we set off on November 28, 2006, to visit the "way old" ruins of Greece.
METEORA, GREECE - Prevalent throughout the monasteries we visited were icons, painted images that depict the visual Gospel. Outside the town of Kalambaka, we stopped by an "icon factory" where skilled craftsmen (and women) still practice the 1500-year old art of iconography.
1000places > METEORA, GREECE - Prevalent throughout the monasteries we visited were icons, painted images that depict the visual Gospel. Outside the town of Kalambaka, we stopped by an "icon factory" where skilled craftsmen (and women) still practice the 1500-year old art of iconography.
METEORA, GREECE - Prevalent throughout the monasteries we visited were icons, painted images that depict the visual Gospel. Outside the town of Kalambaka, we stopped by an "icon factory" where skilled craftsmen (and women) still practice the 1500-year old art of iconography.
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