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Title: Meteora, Greece - Monasteries built on mountain tops
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Eroded peaks of conglomerate rock tower above the village of Kastraki, Meteora.

Above right: Varlaam Monastery was founded on this pinnacle in 1517 AD.

A face decorates the side of a house in Kastraki, a village at the foot of Meteora.

Meteora, Greece: Varlaam Monastery, founded 1517 AD

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Monks at Roussanou Monastery have historically used the pulley system shown here to drawn supplies up from the valley below. Roussanou, built atop a rock pinnacle in 1545, is now a convent.

Roussanou Monastery is now a convent.

Entry to Grand Meteora Monastery.

Below: Saint Nicholas Anapafsa is the English name for Agio Nikolaou Anapafsa Monastery (Greek name)

Below: rustic house with grape vines in Kastraki:

Kastraki: Old houses beneath rock pinnacle.

Kastraki, Meteora, Greece: Old houses beneath rock pinnacle.

Kastraki, Meteora: moped parked below turquioise shutters

Kastraki: Moped parked below turquioise shutters

Weathered door, Meteora.

Above: Varlaam Monastery. Below: horizontal view of

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