a trip to meteora greece
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Photos and short texts about the places we visited on our school trip .TRANSCRIPT
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Our trip to Meteora
March 2014
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HalkidaMeteora
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The Metéora = "middle of the sky", "suspended in the air“ or "in the heavens above“- is one of the largest and most important complexes of Eastern Orthodox monasteries in Greece, second only to Mount Athos. The Metéora is included on the UNESCO World Heritage List
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The first monks came here in the late 11th and early 12th centuries From Mount Athos . The monks were safe from raiders who wanted control overthe fertile plain of Thessaly.
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This is the Holy Monastery of Great Meteoron - it is the largest of the monasteries . The building serves as the main museum for tourists.
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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.
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The only means of reaching the top of the pillar was by climbing a long ladder, which was drawn up whenever the monks felt threatened .Also large nets were used to haul up both goods and people.
net
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Exhibits in the museum .
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Beautiful flowers are another attraction in monasteries !
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Kastraki is the picturesque village at the foot of the huge rocks .
The view from up here is magnificent !
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The monasteries dominate the valley and symbolize the fragility of the traditional way of life .
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We will certainly come back to explore this unique monument of nature !
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Our hotel .
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The hotel lounge .
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This arched bridge was built in 1514 by St. Vissarion , and up to 1936 was the only link between the plains of Thessaly and the villages of Pindos mountains . It is 67 m long, 2.05 m wide and 30.5 m high at
the centre .
On the second day we travelled to the ski resort at Pertouli . On the way we stopped at this old
stone bridge .
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We walked over the bridge and admired the view of the river .
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Pertouli is a small mountain village of the Pindos mountain range.It is most famous for the Ski resort that is very popular with snow sports fans in central Greece . The area around the ski resort has one of the most beautiful mountainous scenery of central Greece !
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Our last stop was at Elati , a beautiful village , where we had lunch ( delicious local specialities )
and then started our trip back to Halkida .
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Travelling fills us with beautiful pictures and makes us richer !
We hope you enjoyed this trip ,
too !