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The Meteora (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 Meteora is home to six monasteries and is included on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
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meteoras is just amazing... i love been there..
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Great shot. I went there and stayed for about a week. Not in the monasteries obviously
Amazing views. Did you know that in the old days the basket was the only way up? There is a funny story about it actually.
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Wonderful photo my friend!! And what an amazing piece of architecture!!!!!!
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upsolutly i will 
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It was possible to note work of the monks lifting the lift by hands, Bro
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WOW, that is absolutely AWESOME, what a wonderful shot 
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I bet you didn't want a smoke after climbing those stairs!
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...I have smoked after descent
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That's how I felt after climbing Monserrat in Spain.
Puff puff...I think I'll smoke tomorrow.
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Oh, I can see they have built a stairway in the rock.
And they have a lift too.
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Very unique,never saw any builds like that before,thanks for sharing Andrey
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I can imagine my friend 
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