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METEORA - SIX MONASTERIES ON THE ROCKS
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METEORA: The Historical Alien Site of Greece | Meteora Travel Guide
GRRRLTRAVELER | Christine Kaaloa
Published on Jun 19, 2015
Meteora. I used to think that Meteora was a Linkin Park song, until I visited it. One of Greece's best kept secrets, Meteora has an alien-like landscape. It's been the inspiration for set locations for James Bond and Game of Thrones, but due to the monastic order and their hope to preserve peace, on location filming has been thwarted. this is my Meteora Travel Guide. Things to Know before you Go:http://grrrltraveler.com/things-to-kn...
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Meteora , Greece -My Dji phantom 3 professional 4K
KFIR FATCHI
Published on Aug 8, 2015
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Tourist attractions - Christian tourism in Europe: Meteora, Greece
Eirini Greece
Published on Dec 16, 2015
The Metéora is included on the UNESCO World Heritage List .
The Metéora, literally "middle of the sky", "suspended in the air" or "in the heavens above", is one of the largest and most important complexes of Greek Orthodox monasteries in Greece.
Caves in the vicinity of Metéora were inhabited continuously between 50,000 and 5,000 years ago. The oldest known example of a man-made structure, a stone wall that blocked two-thirds of the entrance to the Theopetra Cave, was constructed 23,000 years ago, probably as a barrier against cold winds – the Earth was experiencing an ice age at the time – and many Paleolithic and Neolithic artifacts have been found within the caves.
In the 9th century AD, an ascetic group of hermit monks moved up to the ancient pinnacles; they were the first people to inhabit Metéora since the Neolithic Era.
The exact date of the establishment of the monasteries is unknown, but by the end of the 12th century, an ascetic community had flocked to Metéora.
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Published on Jun 11, 2015
Medieval Greek Orthodox monasteries, built on top of stunning sandstone peaks.
Meteora is on the UNESCO World Heritage List: "'Suspended in the air' (the meaning of Meteora in Greek), these monasteries represent a unique artistic achievement and are one of the most powerful examples of the architectural transformation of a site into a place of retreat, meditation and prayer."
In the video: Town of Kalambaka (0:04, 7:31), Byzantine Church of Virgin Mary (0:28), St. Nikolas Anapafsas Monastery (1:22), Varlaam Monastery (1:59, 4:19), Great Meteoron Monastery / Megalo Meteoro (3:47), Roussanou Monastery (2:42, 4:32, 4:59, 8:14), St. Stephen's Monastery/Agios Stefanos (6:24), Holy Trinity Monastery/Agia Trias (6:13, 6:56), Panagios Valley - St Nicholas (Badovas) Monastery (8:40), Agios Antonios Monastery (8:59), Ypapanti Monastery (10:06), Kastraki village (0:40, 9:31, 10:44).
Recorded May 2015 in 4K (Ultra HD) with Sony AX100. Edited with Adobe Premiere Pro CC.
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Published on Jun 5, 2014
The Metéora is one of the largest and most important complexes of Eastern Orthodox monasteries in Greece, second only to Mount Athos The six monasteries are built on natural sandstone rock pillars, at the northwestern edge of the Plain of Thessaly near the Pineios river and Pindus Mountains, in central Greece. The nearest town is Kalambaka. The Metéora is included on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
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Meteora monasteries "middle of the sky" Metéora (Greek: Μετέωρα) Drone Aerial Video : Greece
World&Drone
Published on Jun 26, 2016
Meteora monasteries - The Metéora (Greek: Μετέωρα, pronounced [mɛˈtɛoɾɐ], literally "middle of the sky", "suspended in the air" or "in the heavens above" — etymologically related to meteorology) is one of the most spectacular and unique rock formations in the world. Immense monolithic pillars and hills like huge rounded boulders dominate the local area.
It is also associated with one of the largest and most precipitously built complexes of Eastern Orthodox monasteries in Greece, second in importance only to Mount Athos. The six monasteries are built on natural sandstone rock pillars, at the northwestern edge of the Plain of Thessaly near the Pineios river and Pindus Mountains, in central Greece.
Metéora is included on the UNESCO World Heritage List under criteria I, II, IV, V and VII. The nearest town is Kalambaka.
Ancient History
Caves in the vicinity of Metéora were inhabited continuously between 50,000 and 5,000 years ago. The oldest known example of a man-made structure, a stone wall that blocked two-thirds of the entrance to the Theopetra Cave, was constructed 23,000 years ago, probably as a barrier against cold winds – the Earth was experiencing an ice age at the time – and many Paleolithic and Neolithic artifacts have been found within the caves.
The cave of Theopetra is located 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) from Kalambaka. Its uniqueness from an archeological perspective is that in it contains, within a single site, the records of two greatly significant cultural transitions: The replacement of Neanderthals by modern humans, and the later transition from hunter-gathering to farming after the end of the last Ice Age. The cave consists of an immense 500 square metres (5,400 sq ft) rectangular chamber at the foot of a limestone hill, which rises to the northeast above the village of Theopetra, with an entrance 17 metres (56 ft) wide by 3 metres (9.8 ft) high. It lies at the foot of the Chasia mountain range, which forms the natural boundary between Thessaly and Macedonia prefectures, while the Lithaios River, a tributary of the Pineios River, flows in front of the cave. The small Lithaios River flowing literally on the doorsteps of the cave meant that cave dwellers had always easy access to fresh, clean water without the need to cover daily long distances to find it.[8] Excavations and research and have discovered petrified diatoms, which have contributed to understanding the Palaeo-climate and climate changes. Radiocarbon dating evidences human presence dating back 50,000 years.[6] The cave is open to the public.
List of Monasteries
All of these monasteries are located at Metéora in Greece, and most are perched on high cliffs and now accessible by staircases cut into the rock formations. They were created to serve monks and nuns following the teachings of the Eastern Orthodox Church. Much of the architecture of these buildings is Athonite[13] in origin. Of the six intact monasteries, the Holy Monastery of St. Stephen and Monastery Roussanou are inhabited by nuns.
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Matador Network
Published on Dec 9, 2014Ever heard of Meteora? Ever wanted to visit it? You will now.
Come along with MatadorU student and filmmaker Max Seigal as you take a bird's eye view tour of one of Greece's most iconic landscapes.
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Meteora Greece - Suspended in Air
Elia Locardi
Published on Dec 16, 2015
I put this aerial drone video together to display the phenomenal beauty of Meteora Greece during the fall from a perspective that few people have ever seen before.
This video was shot entirely using the DJI Inspire Pro Drone, the new X5 Micro 4/3 Camera and MFT 15mm f/1.7 Lens. Editing and color grading was done using Adobe Premiere Pro.
Meteora holds a very special place in my heart since it was one of the first places I visited back in 2010 when I was aggressively trying to build my travel photography portfolio. I knew it would be the perfect location to put my new DJI X5 Camera to good use.
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zampination
Published on Jul 28, 2015
Videography of an amazing flight over the famous Meteora rocks in kalambaka, Trikala, central Greece
Soundtrack: Baby Alpaca - Sea of dreams (Turbotito Remix)
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Shot on the SONY a5100 with the kit lens and the Gopro hero3 on a dji phantom
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Journey through Ancient Greece
The Monasteries of the Meteora
If this is your first visit here I can guarantee you will not be disappointed; the scenery is unlike anywhere else you have seen: strange, smooth, dark grey pinnacles of rock rising up vertically towards the sky everywhere you look, and then, on closer inspection, you can make out buildings perched precariously up on the tip of some of the highest pinnacles. These are the monasteries known as the meteora (meteora means 'in the air'), built in the 14th and 15th centuries to house the growing number of hermits or anchorites who were living here.
There are no fewer than sixty pinnacles, some stubby and smooth, some towering to heights of 400 metres, and many with large round holes looking like the surface of the moon. These phenomena were caused some twenty five million years ago when erosion by rivers washed away the limestone leaving behind the harder sandstone.
In the late 10th century they began to attract men who wanted to get away from it all and came to live in the many caves in the rocks. They were following the example of the 5th century St. Simeon Stylites who spent 36 years perched 25 metres above ground on a column. In 1336 Abbot Gregorios and Athanasios, one of his monks, came here from Mount Athos; shortly after Gregorios went back to Athos leaving Athanasios with instructions to build a monastery. By 1372 nine monks were living in the Grand Metoron (Megalo Metoro); no-one knows how it, or any of the 23 other monasteries which followed, were built. Probably Athanasios didn't fly up on the back of an eagle as legend has it, but bearing in mind there were no roads then and the climbs are classed as 'advanced' even with modern mountaineering equipment the achievement does seem nothing short of miraculous.
Cut off from the outside world by vertiginous cliffs and chasms the monasteries were reached by wooden ladders up to 40 metres long which were withdrawn at night, or in a net or basket on the end of a rope pulled up with a windlass. Nowadays, you will be relieved to hear, we can go up in the coach and reach the monasteries by footbridges and steps cut into the rocks.
In 1388 Joasph Uros refused the throne of Serbia to become a monk at the Grand Metoron endowing the monastery with riches and fabulous works of Byzantine art, attracting some of the best artists of their day, many, including the monk Theophanos, from the Cretan School.
The monasteries thrived through the 15th and 16th centuries and were still active in the 18th century after which monasticism began to decline throughout Greece.
All the monasteries suffered damage from bombing in the Second World War and many treasures were pillaged. Their survival has been assured by the advent of mass tourism and whilst the dozens of coaches at the biggest monasteries inevitably destroy any illusion of monastic seclusion these are still pretty wonderful places to visit.
Today six monasteries and convents are occupied but only two of these are primarily religious houses, Ayos Stefanos and Aya Triada (Holy Trinity), the others are essentially tourist sites. We should have time to visit three of these - probably the Grand Metoron, Varlaam and Ay Stefnos.
The first monastery on the hill up from Kastrki is Ayos Nikalaos, a small monastery established in the 14th century. with superb paintings by Theophanos in the 16th century church. Because of the rock shape this monastery faces due north rather than the usual east.
Further up and round many bends is the tiny convent of Roussanou,or Aya Barbara built in the 14th century with its walls taken to the edge of the rock on all sides! Originally it would have been occupied by monks as no women were allowed in the Metora. The chapel has some gruesome 16th century paintings. We get a lovely view of the convent on our way back down.
Up more winding road, the view ever more breathtaking, we come to a junction. The left turn takes us to the two biggest (and busiest) monasteries. The first of these, on a 373 metre peak, is Varlaamwhich is reached today by a footbridge and 150 steps, there are remains of the vrizoni or winch tower which until the 1920's was the only access.
The monastery was built on the site of the hermitage of Ay. Varlam in 1517 by two wealthy brothers from Ionnina who came here soon after Athansios. Legend has it that it took 22 years to gather the material for the katholikn and only 20 days to build it in 1542!
In the katholikn are painted beams and superb frescoes from 1548, by Frango Kastellano, including in the narthex the Last Judgement, the Life of John the Baptist and in the domes the Ascension and a Pantokrator
In the refectory are fabulous gold embroidered vestmentsand a Gospel dating from 960, and in the storeroom is a wine press and an enormous barrel, two metres diameter, which can hold 12,000 litres.
Going on from Varlam we come to the Grand Meteoron (the Transfiguration)), the highest of all at 615 metres above sea level; we climb 115 steps down and 220 up to enter the monastery, passing on the way the cave where Athansios lived. Access to the monastery was by rope and net and we can see it still hanging from the vrizonitower; today it is used only for supplies, not people, and the mechanism is electric. There is also a bucket on a cable slung across the chasm also used for supplies. There is a stunning view of Varlam from here.
The katholikon is particularly fine, some say the finest in the Meteora; based on the churches of Mount Athos it is a cross-in-square, with a lofty dome supported by columns and beams, originally built in 1383 and enlarged in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Athansios and Joasph are buried in the narthex. The iconostasis has some superb icons. The 16th century frescoes, probably by Theophanos, depict grisly martyrdoms. Also decidedly grisly is the display of skulls in the ossuary! We can also visit the vaulted refectory where there are more icons and the domed kitchens which are arranged as if they had just been left; there are two huge barrels here.
If we now turn back and go straight on at the junction we will come to two more monasteries. First is Ayias Triados (Holy Trinity) where according to legend it took 70 years to get all the materials to the site. Here again there is a winching system, access today is via 130 steps and a tunnel. The monastery, which was built in 1438, was restored in the 1980's. There are magnificent frescoes in the katholikon and some splendid icons. Four monks still live here.
The last monastery is Ay. Stefanos which we reach now by a narrow stone bridge which crosses the ravine. There are no steps! The nuns who live here will offer you skirts and wraps to cover bare legs or trousers, and try to sell you souvenirs. The monastery was built in the late 15th century on the site of a 12th century hermitage. The refectory, which has brick domes, is now a museum with lovely embroidered vestments (C18/19th), altar silver, an ebony and ivory bishop's throne, C17/18th icons and a 6th century manuscript, and others from the 10th - 17th centuries; there is also a dictionaryfrom 1499. The frescoes in the 18th century church are newly restored; those in the 15th century chapel are badly damaged. Last year these were being restored. There is a pretty rose garden with box hedges and a superb view over the plain and Kalambaka. Down the steps in the garden are loos a la Turque!
Note: The dates for these monasteries and the heights of the pinnacles differ in almost every guide book, usually only by a year or two, but in some cases by centuries! In most cases I have used information from a Greek guide which may or may not be any more accurate; maybe it doesn't really matter.
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«Μετέωρα, ένας παγκόσμιος άμβωνας» (Φωτεινά Μονοπάτια, Επεισ. 3ο)
Published on Oct 16, 2016
Σειρά ντοκιμαντέρ «Φωτεινά Μονοπάτια», ΕΡΤ2
Επεισόδιο 3ο (16/10/16): «Μετέωρα, ένας παγκόσμιος άμβωνας»
Στο βορειοδυτικό τμήμα της θεσσαλικής γης, από τα πανάρχαια χρόνια, ορθώνονται επιβλητικά οι πέτρινοι γίγαντες των Μετεώρων, οι ακοίμητοι φρουροί του Θεσσαλικού κάμπου. Τον 16ο αιώνα έχουμε τη μεγαλύτερη ακμή της Μετεωρίτικης μοναστικής πολιτείας. Λειτουργούσαν 24 μονές, σήμερα μόλις 6. Η Μονή του Μεγάλου Μετεώρου, η Μονή Βαρλαάμ και η Ιερά Μονή του Αγίου Νικολάου Αναπαυσά, αποτέλεσαν τα «Φωτεινά μονοπάτια» αυτού του επεισοδίου. Η ιστορία, ο μοναστικός ασκητισμός, η πολιτιστική κληρονομιά των μοναστηριών, φανερώνουν την κρυμμένη δύναμη του «πέτρινου δάσους» των Μετεώρων.
Σκηνοθεσία: Κώστας Παπαδήμας
Σενάριο: Ελένη Μπιλιάλη
Διεύθυνση παραγωγής: Τάκης Ψωμάς
Επιστημονικός συνεργάτης: Σοφοκλής Δημητρακόπουλος
Δημοσιογραφική ομάδα: Κώστας Μπλάθρας – Ζωή Μπιλιάλη
Εικονολήπτες: Γιάννης Σαρηγιάννης – Ανδρέας Σπερδούλης
Ηχοληψία-μοντάζ: Κώστας Ψωμάς
Μουσική: Γιώργος Μαγουλάς
Χειριστής Drone: Γιάννης Σαρηγιάννης
Γραμματεία: Ζωή Μπιλιάλη
Παρουσίαση: Ελένη Μπιλιάλη
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Pan Papi
Published on Apr 28, 2014
"THE HOLY METEORA"
Ένα ντοκυμαντέρ για τη μοναστική κοινότητα των Μετεώρων.
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ΒΑΓΓΕΛΗΣ ΒΑΡΕΛΗΣ
Published on Apr 25, 2016
Ένα από προσκηνιματα της ελλαδας μετα το αγιος ορος εινε τα αγια μετεωρα οι οι βραχοι των μετεωρων από επανω βλέπεις ανφηθεατρικα την πολη της καλαμπακας.Το μεγαλητερο μοναστηρι από όλα εινε το μεγαλο μετεωρο αφηερωμενο στη μεταμωρφοση του σωτηρος.
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Vi Aprogrammatista
Published on Jul 15, 2013
ΜΕΤΕΩΡΑ ΟΙ ΒΡΑΧΟΙ ΤΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ' ΝΤΟΚΙΜΑΝΤΕΡ
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