Jeg
har vært i Meteora
flere ganger, og jeg er like imponert
hver gang!
Lys, skygger, vind,
skyer -
alt blir så mektig i tillegg til klippene og klostrene!
Meteora klippene er
lavet av naturen mens menneskene har klort fast 20 klostere
på mange av toppene. Bare 6 er fremdeles åpne for besøk.
De to siste gangene bodde vi hos en familie i
Kastraki, den
lille landsbyen etter Kalambaki.
Vi spiste lunch i Kastraki, spurte kelneren om det ikke var
noen rom til leie. Joda, "Jaja" - bestemor - har.
Vi ble tatt til et ganske nytt, flott hus og fikk lyse, pene
rom med varme og ulltepper.
Dette var sent i oktober!
Vi kunne lave vår egen frokost der og koste oss forran
peisen!
Min mening er at i Meteora trenger men enn noen timers
visitt, man må se og føle det!! Jeg skal tilbake, og da
vil jeg gå fra kloster til kloster. Det finnes fine stier
der, ble jeg fortalt!
Jeg har sett flere av
klostrene, men har funnet ut at det beste er å se maximum
to klostere pr. dag. De er så imponerende at en lett blir
forvirret!
Hvis man holder seg
unna de klostrene man kan kjøre til døren til, vil man
finne mer fredelige klostre!
Busslaster av turister, både greske og utenlandske,
besøker hele tiden.
James Bond har vært her,
"For your eyes only"
startet i Agia
Triada,
gresk: Αγία
Τριάδα, «Hellig Treenighet»
klosteret! |
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I
have been to
Meteora
several time, and just as impressing
each time!
Lights, shadows, wind,
clouds - all becomes so gigantic and then the cliffs and the
monasteries!
The Meteora cliffs are
made by nature while humans has made
20 monasteries hanging on to
the cliffs. Only 6 is still open
to visitors.
The two last times we have stayed with a nice family in
Kastraki, the small village after Kalambaki.
We had lunch in Kastraki, and asked the waiter if he knew of
any rooms. Oh yes, "Jaja" - grandmother - has. We
were taken to a rather new, nice house and got good, bright
rooms with heating and blankets. This was late October! We
could make our own breakfast and enjoyed it in front of the
open fireplace.
My opinion is that one needs more than just some few hours
to see and feel Meteora!
I am going back and then I want to walk from monastery to
monastery. I was told that there are nice paths around!
I have seen many of the
monasteries there, and I think the best way to go around is
to see maximum 2 monasteries a day. They
are so impressive that more will make you all confused!
If you stay away from the
monasteries you can drive all the way to the door, you will
find mostly peaceful places.
Busloads of tourists, both Greek and foreigners, are
visiting
all the time.
You just have to see it for
yourself! James Bond has been here, in
"For your eyes only"
they film starts from Agia Triada, Greek; Αγία
Τριάδα,
Holy Trinity
monastery! |
Mer norsk
lenger ned!
Unescos
Meteora with map.
From the Wikipedia;
"The
Metéora (Greek:
Μετέωρα,
"suspended rocks", "suspended in the
air" or "in the heavens above") is one of the
largest and most important complex of monasteries
in Greece, second only to Mount
Athos. The monasteries
are built on natural sandstone rock pillars, at the
northwestern edge of the Plain
of Thessaly near the Peneios river and Pindus
Mountains, in central Greece.
The Metéora is home to six monasteries
and is included on the UNESCO
World
Heritage List. Metéora's criteria
for the UNESCO
World Heritage Site is I, II, IV, V and VII."
"Although it is
unknown when Metéora was established, as early as the 11th
century AD hermit monks
were believed to be living among the caves and cutouts in
the rocks. By the late 11th or early 12th century a
rudimentary monastic
state had formed called the Skete
of Stagoi and was centered around the church of Theotokos
(mother of God), which still stands today. The hermit monks,
seeking a retreat from the expanding Turkish
occupation, found the inaccessible rock pillars of
Meteora to be an ideal refuge.
Although more than 20 monasteries
were built, beginning in the 14th century, only six remain
today. These six are: 'Great Meteoron (or Transfiguration),
Varlaam, St. Stephen, Holy Trinity, St. Nicholas Anapausas
and Rousanou. Access to the monasteries was originally
extremely difficult, requiring either long ladders lashed
together or large nets used to haul up both goods and
humans. This required quite a leap of faith -- the ropes
were replaced, so the story goes, only "when the Lord
let them break.
In the words of UNESCO, "The net in which intrepid
pilgrims were hoisted up vertically alongside the 373-meter
cliff where the Varlaam monastery dominates the valley
symbolizes the fragility of a traditional way of life that
is threatened with extinction. In about the 1920s there was
an improvement in the arrangements. Steps were cut into the
rock, making the complex accessible via a bridge from the
nearby plateau. During World War II the site was bombed and
many art treasures were stolen. Only six of the monasteries
remain today. Of the six monasteries, five are inhabited by
males, one by females. Each monastery has fewer than 10
inhabitants. and attract numerous tourists every year. The
monasteries are now some of the most popular tourist sites
in the world and now serve primarily as museums."
"World Heritage sites
in Greece;
Acropolis, Athens · Archaeological
Site of Aigai (modern name Vergina) ·
Archaeological Site of Delphi ·
Archaeological Site of Mystras ·
Archaeological Site of Olympia ·
Archaeological Site of Mycenae,
and Tiryns ·
Delos ·
Historic Centre (Chorá) with the Monastery
of Saint John the Theologian and the Cave
of the Apocalypse on the Island of Pátmos ·
Medieval City of Rhodes ·
Metéora ·
Monasteries of Daphni,
Hosios
Loukas, Nea
Moni of Chios ·
Mount
Athos ·
Old
Town of Corfu ·
Paleochristian and Byzantine Monuments of Thessalonica:
(Hagios
Demetrios, Arch
and Tomb of Galerius, Hagia
Sophia, Church
of Panayia Halkeion, Church
of Saint Nicolaos Orfanou, Church
of Agioi Apostoloi, Church
of Acheiropoiitos, Monastery
of Latomou, Church
of Agios Panteleimon) ·
Pythagoreion
and Heraion
of Samos ·
Sanctuary of Asklepios at Epidaurus ·
Temple
of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae"
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"Meteora (gresk:
Μετέωρα, «svevende i
luften») er klostre
i det nordøstlige Hellas
bygget på høye naturlige klipper av sandstein. Jordskjelv
har med tiden skapt loddrette sprekker i de opp til 400
meter høye klippene. Klostrene ble en del av UNESCOs
liste
over verdens natur- og kulturarv i 1988.
Bygningene ble started i det 15.
århundre som et tilfluktsted i vanskelige tider. Det
var svært vanskelig å komme til klostrene, og man måtte
gjerne sette sammen lange stiger for å komme seg til dem. Først
på 1920-tallet
ble adgangen til klostrene forenklet.
I dag er det bare noen få klostre
igjen.
De er bebodd av munker
og nonner,
med mange turister.
Klostrene er derfor brukt som museum
i dag."
Unescos
Meteora
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Akropolis
med Parthenon
i Athen
(1987) · De arkeologiske utgravningene i Delfi
(1987) · De arkeologiske utgravningene i Epidaurus
(1988) · De arkeologiske utgravningene i Olympia
(1988) · De arkeologiske utgravningene i Vergina
(1996) · De arkeologiske utgravningene i Mykene
og Tiryns
(1999) · Delos
(1990) · Kloster og grotte på øya Patmos
(1999) · Gamlebyen på Rhodos
(1988) · Meteora
(1988) · Klostrene i Dafni,
Hossios
Luckas og Nea
Moni på øya Khios
(1990) · Athos
(1988) · Mistrá
(1989) · Tidlig
kristne og bysantiske
monumenter i Thessaloniki
(1988) · Pythagoreion
og Heraion
på Samos
(1992) · Apollo
Epikourios-templet i Bassae
(1986) ·
Årstallene angir når stedet ble tatt opp på
verdensarvlisten."
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