Meteora

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cultural heritage site religious site rock formation tourist attraction

Meteora is a spectacular rock formation in central Greece famous for its centuries-old monasteries perched atop towering sandstone pillars and recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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All labels observed (16)

Label Occurrences
Meteora canonical 27
Meteora monasteries 7
Meteora rock formations 5

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural heritage site ⓘ
religious site ⓘ
rock formation ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
administrativeRegion Greece ⓘ
surface form: Trikala regional unit
climate Mediterranean climate with continental influences ⓘ
country Greece ⓘ
firstHermitSettlementCentury 11th century ⓘ
geologicalComposition sandstone ⓘ
geologicalType sandstone pillars ⓘ
governedBy Greek Orthodox Church ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
hasMonasteryComplex Meteora self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Great Meteoron Monastery

Holy Trinity Monastery ⓘ
Meteora self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Rousanou Monastery

St. Nicholas Anapausas Monastery ⓘ
St. Stephen Monastery ⓘ
Meteora self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Varlaam Monastery
hasNameEtymology Greek word meaning "suspended in the air" ⓘ
hasPanoramicViewsOf Pindus Mountains ⓘ
highestPillarApproximateHeight over 400 meters ⓘ
historicalRegion historical region of Thessaly ⓘ
locatedIn Thessaly ⓘ
central Greece ⓘ
locatedNear Kalambaka ⓘ
Kalambaka ⓘ
surface form: Kastraki
numberOfActiveMonasteries 6 ⓘ
organizedMonasticLifeCentury 14th century ⓘ
overlooks Meteora self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Peneios River valley

Thessaly ⓘ
surface form: Plain of Thessaly
partOf Greek Orthodox monastic tradition ⓘ
protectedAs protected natural landscape ⓘ
rankedAfter Mount Athos ⓘ
religiousTradition Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
tourismActivity cultural tourism ⓘ
hiking ⓘ
religious tourism ⓘ
rock climbing ⓘ
UNESCOSiteCriteria (i) ⓘ
(ii) ⓘ
(iv) ⓘ
(vii) ⓘ
UNESCOSiteType mixed cultural and natural site ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageDesignationYear 1988 ⓘ
usedBy hermit monks ⓘ
viewedAs one of the most important complexes of Eastern Orthodox monasteries in Greece ⓘ

Referenced by (57)

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

Greece → UNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Meteora ⓘ
Meteora → hasMonasteryComplex → Meteora self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Meteoron Monastery
Meteora → hasMonasteryComplex → Meteora self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Varlaam Monastery
Meteora → hasMonasteryComplex → Meteora self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rousanou Monastery
Meteora → overlooks → Meteora self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Peneios River valley
Thessaly → near → Meteora ⓘ
Thessaly → religiousSite → Meteora ⓘ
this entity surface form: Meteora monasteries
Thessaly → tourismAttraction → Meteora ⓘ
St. Nicholas Anapausas Monastery → locatedIn → Meteora ⓘ
St. Nicholas Anapausas Monastery → partOf → Meteora ⓘ
this entity surface form: Meteora monastery complex
St. Nicholas Anapausas Monastery → partOf → Meteora ⓘ
this entity surface form: Meteora UNESCO World Heritage Site
Kalambaka → isGatewayTo → Meteora ⓘ
Kalambaka → hasNearby → Meteora ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox monasteries of Meteora
Kalambaka → locatedAtFootOf → Meteora ⓘ
this entity surface form: Meteora rock pillars
Holy Trinity Monastery → locatedIn → Meteora ⓘ
Holy Trinity Monastery → partOf → Meteora ⓘ
this entity surface form: Meteora monastery complex
Holy Trinity Monastery → worldHeritageSite → Meteora ⓘ
Holy Trinity Monastery → region → Meteora ⓘ
this entity surface form: Meteora, Thessaly, Greece
St. Stephen Monastery → locatedIn → Meteora ⓘ
St. Stephen Monastery → partOf → Meteora ⓘ
this entity surface form: Meteora monasteries
St. Stephen Monastery → UNESCOWorldHeritageSite → Meteora ⓘ
St. Stephen Monastery → includedIn → Meteora ⓘ
this entity surface form: Meteora monastic complex
St. Stephen Monastery → hasCategory → Meteora ⓘ
this entity surface form: Meteora monasteries
Theophanes the Cretan → workLocation → Meteora ⓘ
Trikala regional unit → near → Meteora ⓘ
this entity surface form: Meteora rock formations
Trikala regional unit → hasAttraction → Meteora ⓘ
this entity surface form: Meteora area
Trikala → nearbyAttraction → Meteora ⓘ
Holy Metropolis of Stagoi and Meteora → locatedIn → Meteora ⓘ
Holy Metropolis of Stagoi and Meteora → seeAlso → Meteora ⓘ
this entity surface form: Meteora monasteries
Holy Metropolis of Stagoi and Meteora → jurisdictionOver → Meteora ⓘ
this entity surface form: Meteora monasteries
Holy Metropolis of Stagoi and Meteora → regionServed → Meteora ⓘ
World Heritage Sites in Greece → hasSite → Meteora ⓘ
Christian monastic heritage of Greece → hasComponent → Meteora ⓘ
this entity surface form: Meteora monasteries
Varlaam Monastery → locatedIn → Meteora ⓘ
Varlaam Monastery → partOf → Meteora ⓘ
this entity surface form: Meteora monasteries
Varlaam Monastery → heritageSiteOf → Meteora ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site Meteora
Varlaam Monastery → touristRegion → Meteora ⓘ
Rousanou Monastery → locatedIn → Meteora ⓘ
Rousanou Monastery → partOf → Meteora ⓘ
Rousanou Monastery → partOf → Meteora ⓘ
this entity surface form: Meteora UNESCO World Heritage Site
Rousanou Monastery → locatedInProtectedArea → Meteora ⓘ
this entity surface form: Meteora cultural and natural site
Kalampaka → isGatewayTo → Meteora ⓘ
Kalampaka → locatedAtFootOf → Meteora ⓘ
this entity surface form: Meteora rock pillars
Kalampaka → hasNearbyAttraction → Meteora ⓘ
this entity surface form: Meteora rock formations
Kalampaka → hasNearbyUNESCOSite → Meteora ⓘ
Kalampaka municipality → contains → Meteora ⓘ
Kalampaka municipality → knownFor → Meteora ⓘ
this entity surface form: Meteora rock formations
Kalampaka municipality → hasHeritageSite → Meteora ⓘ
Paleofarsalos–Kalambaka railway line → nearbyAttraction → Meteora ⓘ
Stagoi → locatedNear → Meteora ⓘ
this entity surface form: Meteora rock formations