Varlaam Monastery

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Varlaam Monastery is one of the historic Eastern Orthodox monasteries of Meteora in central Greece, renowned for its dramatic perch atop a towering rock pillar and its well-preserved Byzantine art and architecture.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Holy Monastery of Varlaam 2
Varlaam Monastery canonical 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine monastery
Christian monastery
Eastern Orthodox monastery
architecturalStyle Byzantine architecture
post-Byzantine architecture
continent Europe
country Greece
denomination Greek Orthodox Church
elevationAboveValley approximately 373 metres
foundedAsHermitage 14th century
foundedBy hermit Varlaam
governingBody Greek Orthodox Church
hasAccess stairways carved into rock
hasArtStyle Byzantine art
surface form: Byzantine painting

post-Byzantine frescoes
hasBuilding hospital
kitchen
refectory
tower
hasChurch Catholicon
surface form: Catholicon of All Saints
hasFeature old rope-and-net hoisting system
hasFunction monastic community residence
pilgrimage site
tourist attraction
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
heritageSiteOf Meteora
surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site Meteora
knownFor Byzantine frescoes
Byzantine icons
dramatic location on a rock pillar
well-preserved monastic buildings
locatedIn Meteora
central Greece
locatedInRegion Thessaly
locatedOn sandstone rock pillar
mainConstructionCompleted 1540s
monasticCommunityEstablished 16th century
municipality Kalambaka municipality
namedAfter Saint Varlaam
nearestTown Kalambaka
partOf Greek Orthodox monasticism
Meteora
surface form: Meteora monasteries
preserves ecclesiastical relics
religious manuscripts
region Trikala regional unit
religiousAffiliation Eastern Orthodox Christianity
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
touristRegion Meteora
usedToBeAccessedBy ladders
rope nets

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Subject: Varlaam Monastery
Description of subject: Varlaam Monastery is one of the historic Eastern Orthodox monasteries of Meteora in central Greece, renowned for its dramatic perch atop a towering rock pillar and its well-preserved Byzantine art and architecture.

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kalambaka hasNearbyAttraction Varlaam Monastery
Holy Metropolis of Stagoi and Meteora jurisdictionOver Varlaam Monastery
this entity surface form: Holy Monastery of Varlaam
Rousanou Monastery nearbyMonastery Varlaam Monastery
Kalampaka municipality hasReligiousSite Varlaam Monastery
this entity surface form: Holy Monastery of Varlaam