Meteora monastic community

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Eastern Orthodox monastic complex UNESCO World Heritage Site

The Meteora monastic community is a historic complex of Eastern Orthodox monasteries dramatically built atop towering rock pillars in central Greece, renowned as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a major center of monastic life and pilgrimage.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Meteora monasteries 6
Meteora 2
Eastern Orthodox monasteries of Meteora 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eastern Orthodox monastic complex ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
access footpaths ⓘ
roads ⓘ
architecturalStyle Byzantine architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
post-Byzantine architecture ⓘ
builtOn sandstone rock pillars ⓘ
contains frescoes ⓘ
icons ⓘ
manuscripts ⓘ
reliquaries ⓘ
country Greece ⓘ
earliestHermitPresence 11th century ⓘ
elevationMax approximately 600 metres above plain ⓘ
formerAccessMethods ladders ⓘ
nets and winches ⓘ
founded 14th century ⓘ
founderFigure Saint Athanasios the Meteorite NERFINISHED ⓘ
geologicalFormationAge approximately 60 million years ⓘ
governingBody Holy Metropolis of Stagoi and Meteora NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
inscriptionYear 1988 ⓘ
locatedIn Kalabaka municipality NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thessaly NERFINISHED ⓘ
central Greece ⓘ
near town of Kalabaka NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableMonastery Great Meteoron Monastery NERFINISHED ⓘ
Holy Trinity Monastery NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rousanou Monastery NERFINISHED ⓘ
St. Nicholas Anapausas Monastery NERFINISHED ⓘ
St. Stephen Monastery NERFINISHED ⓘ
Varlaam Monastery NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfActiveMonasteries 6 ⓘ
numberOfMonasteriesAtPeak 24 ⓘ
partOf Greek Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryFunction monastic life ⓘ
pilgrimage ⓘ
religious worship ⓘ
recognizedAs one of the largest and most important complexes of Eastern Orthodox monasteries in Greece after Mount Athos ⓘ
religion Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
tourismType cultural tourism ⓘ
nature tourism ⓘ
religious tourism ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (i) ⓘ
(ii) ⓘ
(iv) ⓘ
(vii) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageRegion Europe and North America NERFINISHED ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId 455 ⓘ

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Rousanou Monastery → associatedWith → Meteora monastic community ⓘ
Kalampaka → near → Meteora monastic community ⓘ
this entity surface form: Meteora monasteries
Kalampaka → hasNearbyAttraction → Meteora monastic community ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Orthodox monasteries of Meteora
Kalampaka municipality → knownFor → Meteora monastic community ⓘ
this entity surface form: Meteora monasteries
Kalampaka municipality → heritageDesignation → Meteora monastic community ⓘ
this entity surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site (Meteora)
Stagoi → associatedWith → Meteora monastic community ⓘ
this entity surface form: Meteora
Stagoi → associatedWith → Meteora monastic community ⓘ
this entity surface form: Meteora monasteries
Holy Monastery of Great Meteoron → partOf → Meteora monastic community ⓘ
this entity surface form: Meteora monasteries
Holy Monastery of Great Meteoron → largestOf → Meteora monastic community ⓘ
this entity surface form: Meteora monasteries
Holy Monastery of Great Meteoron → oldestOf → Meteora monastic community ⓘ
this entity surface form: Meteora monasteries
Holy Monastery of St. Nicholas Anapafsas → locatedIn → Meteora monastic community ⓘ
this entity surface form: Meteora
Holy Monastery of St. Nicholas Anapafsas → partOf → Meteora monastic community ⓘ
this entity surface form: Meteora monastic complex
Holy Monastery of Holy Trinity → partOf → Meteora monastic community ⓘ
this entity surface form: Meteora monastery complex