The Byzantine Treasury: Exploring the Frescoes and Manuscripts of Meteora Monasteries Perched atop sandstone pinnacles rising more than 400 metres above the Thessalian plain, the six active monasteries of Meteora preserve one of the most concentrated collections of post-Byzantine art in the world. Their katholika — the main churches where […]
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Suspended in the Absolute: Deciphering the Architecture and Engineering of Meteora’s Monasteries
Suspended in the Absolute: Deciphering the Architecture and Engineering of Meteora’s Monasteries Among the most audacious acts of construction in human history, the monasteries of Meteora rise from vertical columns of conglomerate rock in central Greece, each one a compound of church, refectory, cisterns, cells, and workshops balanced on summit […]
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