According to Meteora's website, much of the monastery was destroyed during World ... where the kids have their own homes. Take a look inside. The 20 most isolated places on Earth 21 breathtaking ...

This is Meteora, in central Greece ... offering scenic views and an inside look at one monastery while the light turned perfect. The next morning, another tour gave access to the inside of ...

The most intimate, Roussanou Monastery, is now home to 16 nuns and holds relics of Saint Barbara, popular in medieval times. For centuries the only way to reach Roussanou and the other Meteora ...

The steps up to Great Meteoron, the largest monastery in Meteora, slope along the rocky ... “Most of the time we are closed inside our rooms.” Fotios has been at Agios Nikolaos for six years ...

Six of the 24 Orthodox Christian monasteries strewn across Meteora, a collection of massive ... Others, like the Hanging Temple in China and Sumela Monastery in Turkey, virtually hover in midair ...

It was then, from 1356 to 1372, that the first Great Meteoron Monastery was born. Meteora means “suspended in the air,” and the way the religious house clung dangerously to the formidable peak ...

The monasteries of Meteora in Thessaly are perched atop mighty rock formations; the backdrop starred as a location in Game of Thrones - Paul Williams /Alamy ...

Some of these residences, like the Meteora ... Montserrat Monastery in Spain begins in the ninth century, when an image of ...