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Meteora

Greece
Date of Inscription: 1988
Criteria: (i)(ii)(iv)(v)(vii)
Property : 271.8700 ha
Buffer zone: 1884.1400 ha
Prefecture of Trikala, Region of Thessaly
N39 43 0.012 E21 37 59.988
Ref: 455

Brief Description

In a region of almost inaccessible sandstone peaks, monks settled on these 'columns of the sky' from the 11th century onwards. Twenty-four of these monasteries were built, despite incredible difficulties, at the time of the great revival of the eremetic ideal in the 15th century. Their 16th-century frescoes mark a key stage in the development of post-Byzantine painting.

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