{"id":630835,"date":"2010-01-14T15:21:22","date_gmt":"2010-01-14T20:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.skyscrapercity.com\/showthread.php?t=1045361"},"modified":"2010-01-14T15:21:22","modified_gmt":"2010-01-14T20:21:22","slug":"unesco-world-heritage-site-meteora-at-kalambaka-greece-must-see-images","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/630835","title":{"rendered":"UNESCO World Heritage Site: Meteora at Kalambaka, Greece &#8211; MUST SEE IMAGES!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Found in the prefecture of <b>Trikala, Region of Thessaly<\/b>, monks settled on these &#8216;columns of the sky&#8217; from the 11th century onwards in a region of almost inaccessible sandstone peaks. Twenty-four of these monasteries were built, despite incredible difficulties, at the time of the great revival of the eremetic ideal in the 15th century. Their 16th-century frescoes mark a key stage in the development of post-Byzantine painting.<\/p>\n<p><b>Fact: <\/b>The 1981 James Bond film <b>&quot;For Your Eyes Only&quot;<\/b> was partially filmed at Meteora.<\/p>\n<p>The town beneath the monasteries is <b>Kalambaka<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.dunav.org.il\/images\/maps\/map_greece_regions_and_unnamed_districts.jpg?w=780\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img710.imageshack.us\/img710\/5990\/jared76large.jpg?w=780\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img515.imageshack.us\/img515\/8528\/jared76clarge.jpg?w=780\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img11.imageshack.us\/img11\/5421\/catalanlovers.jpg?w=780\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img63.imageshack.us\/img63\/7671\/photoloi.jpg?w=780\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img21.imageshack.us\/img21\/1292\/smokykater.jpg?w=780\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img706.imageshack.us\/img706\/5498\/biologybigbrother.jpg?w=780\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img515.imageshack.us\/img515\/940\/smokykater2.jpg?w=780\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img706.imageshack.us\/img706\/2840\/massonth3.jpg?w=780\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img3.imageshack.us\/img3\/1140\/setfanos.jpg?w=780\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img402.imageshack.us\/img402\/5958\/natashalloyd2.jpg?w=780\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img3.imageshack.us\/img3\/1453\/natashalloyd.jpg?w=780\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img696.imageshack.us\/img696\/2518\/evilpeacock2.jpg?w=780\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img694.imageshack.us\/img694\/2632\/vicquinda3.jpg?w=780\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img11.imageshack.us\/img11\/1869\/vicquinda2.jpg?w=780\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img696.imageshack.us\/img696\/2373\/weberjochen.jpg?w=780\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img11.imageshack.us\/img11\/1536\/sermatimati.jpg?w=780\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img11.imageshack.us\/img11\/1536\/sermatimati.jpg?w=780\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img515.imageshack.us\/img515\/8703\/airphotos3.jpg?w=780\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img231.imageshack.us\/img231\/4435\/airphotos2.jpg?w=780\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img706.imageshack.us\/img706\/7596\/airphotos1.jpg?w=780\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img693.imageshack.us\/img693\/4392\/massonth2.jpg?w=780\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img513.imageshack.us\/img513\/3994\/massonth.jpg?w=780\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img231.imageshack.us\/img231\/2975\/jared76blarge.jpg?w=780\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img403.imageshack.us\/img403\/2182\/vicquinda.jpg?w=780\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Pics courtesy of:<\/b> <i>(airphotos.gr and these flickr.com users: biology_big_brother, catalanlovers, evilpeacock, jared76, massonth, natasha_lloyd, photoloi, poljacek, sermatimati, stefanos, smokykater, vicquinda, and weber_jochen).<\/i><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Found in the prefecture of Trikala, Region of Thessaly, monks settled on these &#8216;columns of the sky&#8217; from the 11th century onwards in a region of almost inaccessible sandstone peaks. Twenty-four of these monasteries were built, despite incredible difficulties, at the time of the great revival of the eremetic ideal in the 15th century. 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