Meteora

This article is about the Greek Orthodox monasteries. For the Linkin Park album, see Meteora (album).

Meteora
Native name Greek: Μετέωρα
File:Ιερά Μονή Ρουσάνου και Αγίου Νικολάου Αναπαυσά, Μετέωρα.jpg Landscape of Meteora
Location	Thessaly, Greece
Coordinates
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name: Meteora
Type	Cultural
Criteria	i, ii, iv, v, vii
Designated	1988 (12th session)
Reference no.	455
State Party	Greece
Region	Europe

The Metéora (Greek: Μετέωρα, "suspended rocks", "suspended in the air" or "in the heavens above") is the name for a number of monasteries in Greece. Several Eastern Orthodox monasteries are part of the complex, located in Kalambaka, Greece. The site is almost as important as Mount Athos. The monasteries are built on natural sandstone rock pillars, at the northwestern edge of the Plain of Thessaly near the Peneios river and Pindus Mountains, in central Greece. The Metéora is home to six monasteries and is included on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Metéora's criteria for the UNESCO World Heritage Site are I, II, IV, V and VII.

Images

• The Varlaam monastery on its rock pedestal.
  The Varlaam monastery on its rock pedestal.
• The monastery Agiou Stephanou (Saint Stephen's) is inhabited by nuns only.
  The monastery Agiou Stephanou (Saint Stephen's) is inhabited by nuns only.
• The Rousanou, the Nikolaos and the Grand Meteora monasteries.
  The Rousanou, the Nikolaos and the Grand Meteora monasteries.
• The Rousanou monastery by Vaggelis Vlahos.
  The Rousanou monastery by Vaggelis Vlahos.
• The Grand Meteoro monastery by Vaggelis Vlahos.
  The Grand Meteoro monastery by Vaggelis Vlahos.
• The Holy Monastery of St. Nicholas Anapausas
  The Holy Monastery of St. Nicholas Anapausas

Other websites

• A local site with information on the monasteries and area.
• Hellenic Ministry of Culture Archived 2007-04-12 at the Wayback Machine