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The ascetic community in Meteora started around the beginning of the 13th century.

Meteora rocks are made of a mixture of accumulations and sandstone and they are unique as they are uniform, without layers.

The wine of Meteora has been marketed nationally and internationally only in recent years.

Excavations have found that the Meteora rocks were inhabited around 50.000 years ago.

The Holy Trinity Monastery is an Eastern Orthodox monastery at the top of a rocky precipice over 400 meters high.

It is a mens' monastery on the top of a steep rock, one of the six still operating in the area of Meteora.

Meteora has been the 'shooting zone' for many Hollywood films, taking account its stunning views and its UNESCO profile.

Acheloos river begins at 2,000 meters on the eastern slope of Lakmos mountain of the Pindus range.

The Great Meteoron monastery is the largest, though in 2015 there were only 3 monks in residence.

Old sketes on a Meteora rock, with ladders that the monks have constructed with wood to create a communication grid.

The Monastery Agias Varvaras Roussanou was founded in the middle of the 16th century.

The Monastery of St. Nicholas was built in the 16th century.

Koziakas is a mountain of the prefecture of Trikala, reaching from Kalambaka to Pyli Trikalon.

The Monastery of St. Stephen was built and decorated in the 16th century, and it was shelled by the Nazis during World War II.

The Museum is located in Kalambaka, on the highway connecting Trikala with Egnatia Highway.

Twice a year, the people of Meteora that know rock-climbing from their ancestors, climb on a rock and leave hundreds of handkerchiefs.

It constitutes one the most important post-byzantine monuments of the 18th century, nested inside a full green forest.