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Meteora Monastery Cable Car

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Tibor🥾🌿☀️

October 7, 2025

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East of the Pindus Mountains, mighty sandstone cliffs rise to a height of approximately 500 meters. 24 monasteries were once built on their summits. Monks and nuns still live in six of them today. These monasteries are now UNESCO World Heritage sites and are often referred to as "floating monasteries" because they appear almost suspended in fog or low clouds.

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December 11, 2021

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This is a wonder of the world !! I have never seen better ones !! 👌👌👌

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June 23, 2024

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The monks' love for God, monasticism and asceticism provided the impetus for this very special way of life on the rugged towers of the plain of Thessaly. Monasticism is the …

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Elevation 540 m

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