P260 - Greece - Meteora

Meteora, Greece ( UNESCO WHS )

The Metéora (Greek: Μετέωρα, "suspended rocks", "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 nearest town is Kalambaka, Greece. 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.

美帖甌拉，意為〝懸在半空中〞(Suspended in the air)或是〝天空中的岩石〞(Rocks in the air)，大約三千萬年前在今天希臘北部的內陸海水退縮露出陸地時一併帶走表層沙土，留下許多高於地面約300公尺的巨大石柱，14世紀時許多修道院建造在峭立巨岩上端彷彿懸浮於半空中，方圓25公里範圍放眼望去宛如自凡塵俗世脫穎而出。1988年由聯合國教科文組織正式指定為世界遺產。

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