Japan Tohoku guide - travel related information

Introduce many attractive places and culture in Tohoku Japan

Meteora, experiencing sanctuaries lasting several generation at monasteries (2)

 

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<Look over Varlaam from Great Meteoron>

 

As introduced last article that Meteora is consists of rock pinnacles topped with 24 monasteries in total. 

These 24 monasteries emerged on the peak of the rocks from 14th until 16th century.

And existing 6 monasteries became the centers of the Orthodox in the Byzantine era.

 

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<View from Great Meteoron> 

 

Reaching inside the monasteries by foot offer visitors tangible feeling of the Meteora's majesty!

Providing that the experience of sanctuaries as the monks did several genenration increases its wonder. Next time we will go into three visited monasteries.

 

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 <Look over Great Meteoron>

 

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 <Rocky entrance of Great Meteoron>

 

(Last visit) May/2018