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September, 1984	Christine Hanrahan

Meteora

Greece

This quite astonishing complex of buildings is built on top of these steep rock formations, in Thessaly, northern Greece. According to Wikipedia this site is "one of the largest and most precipitously built complexes of Eastern Orthodox monasteries..."

Digitized from an old slide.

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Tom Murray		14-Jan-2024 01:05
What an amazing place, with the monasteries still being used nearly 800 years after being built.

Walter Otto Koenig		13-Jan-2024 16:43
What a great view of one of these famous monasteries. "V"

Nirvan Hope		13-Jan-2024 03:15
I hope none of the monks were sleep walkers! An amazing place.

Liz Bickel		13-Jan-2024 03:02
Very impressive. How did the monks (and the builders) navigate the terrain? It certainly looks remote,

Don		13-Jan-2024 02:22
It is an amazing landscape and setting for the monasteries.

Fabienne		05-Oct-2023 21:53
Ces constructions sont impressionnantes perchées sur ces formations rocheuses, Superbe photo.

Jean D		30-Sep-2023 00:33
WOW! A fine image and not a good place for any sleepwalking. -V

Claude Gagnon		22-Sep-2023 19:07
Wow, so impressive :)) V

victorswan		22-Sep-2023 18:11
what a magnificent image powerful to see, great work BV

Pieter Bos		22-Sep-2023 17:54
Fantastic scene! ~V

janescottcumming		22-Sep-2023 13:05
Wow, those buildings are right on the edge. Impressive place.

Nirvan Hope		22-Sep-2023 04:20
Definitely a place to avoid the crowds up there! Really impressive.

joseantonio		22-Sep-2023 02:29
a place I would love to visit.V.

Glenn D.		22-Sep-2023 02:07
Indeed, quite the place and shot to convey the difficulty of such a construction.

Dennis Hoyne		22-Sep-2023 01:28
I wonder what the decision making process was to build there. Nice shot!

globalgadabout		21-Sep-2023 23:28
just the place to get away from it all...your image gives a solid sense of the place, the towering rocks, and the remote perch of Moni Varlaam and the other monasteries there..

hayl		21-Sep-2023 22:56
Awe inspiring and you were in the perfect spot to take this great photo.

Helen Betts		21-Sep-2023 22:12
Great shot, but sort of scary looking. I wonder how people get up there! V.

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