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METEORE  
   

A rare geologic phenomenon, nearly a stranezza of the nature, created these imposing cliffs, than with white markings outside from the plain it weaves, in order to arrive up, plus neighbors to the dwelling of of i; to these amazing and spectacular sculptures the meteor name was given, why they seem truly suspended on the plain. The top of cliffs, isolated as they are from the rest of the world, divennero shelter of many hermits already from XI the century. Today they are some inhabits six to you. In passed it was salted on inaccessible the top in a net that the monaci hoisted with one carrucola; today a comfortable road door from Kalambaka to the monasteri with the eccezzionali frescoes, the sacred ones cimeli, the rich libraries with precious manuscripts, the icone of rare art. The sanctuaries that are met salting from Kalambaka are, in the order:


 

  • MONASTERO DI HAGHIOS NIKOLAOS ANAPAFSAS - TEL. 0432/77392: Fu founded around to the 1500 from the metropolita one of Larissa Dionysios and the name to an old owner must, Anapafsas


     

  • MONASTERO ROUSSANOU - TEL. 0432/22649 :   It was founded in the 1545 from the siblings epiroti Loasof and Maximos, that they constructed the church of the monastero on the ruins of one more ancient and they dedicated it to the metamorphosis of the Salbatore. The name probably has had to a previous decorated founder eremita.E' with frescoes of 1561, works of an exceptional art and with one iconostasi carved in wood and golden, remarkable icone portable and precious inginocchiatoi.


     

  • MONASTERO VARLAAM - TEL. 0432/75386: It was founded in the 1517 from the siblings of Ioannina Teofane and Nectario Apsaras. First founder of the monastero, but was Barlaam, ascetic anchoret, to which the name must. In the monastero collection of precious manuscripts is guarded an important, reliquari, refined crosses in carved wood, epitafi (reproducing vestments placed Christ) embroiders you of gold, icone and other remarkable ones cimeli.


     

  • GRAN METEORON   (METAMORFOSI) - TEL. 0432/22278:  Lfirst church of the metamorphosis was founded from Atanasio, called meteorita - one of the greater figures of the monachesimo orthodox - before 1382 and was completed from monaco the Loasaf. There are remarkable icone portable of the XIV and XVI century; in the old fefettorio it has center the museale collection of the monastero.


     

  • MONASTERO DI HAGHIA TRIADA - TEL.  0432/77123:  It was  founded in XV the century from monaco the Dometios. It frescoes of the Church they go back to XVIII the century and they were you execute yourself from the siblings Antonios and Nikolaos. Salting the 140 steps it cuts to you in the cliff in order to catch up the monastero, meets the nail head of Aghios Ioannis Prodromos WITH FRESCOES Of 1682.


     

  • MONASTERO DI HAGHIOS STEFANOS TEL. 0432/22279: The only feminine monastero of Meteors, with one seen limitless on the plain and Kalambaka. It is not famous when it has been founded before chiesA;l' odierno katholikon, was constructed in 1798. Lì is guarded the skull of the saint, offered to the monastero from the monarch of the Valacchia, monastero Vladislav.Nel is guarded precious cimeli.


     

 

 
AS IT IS ARRIVED

 In bus: Atene - Trikala, 329 km; for information tel. 0431/73130-73135 In train: From the Pireo - Atene for Trikala - Kalambaka through Paleofarsala: for information OSE of Atene - tel. 5240601; OSE of Trikala - tel. 0431/27214; OSE of Kalambaka tel. 0432/22541.


 

 

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