<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/a816cd5e-20d1-402f-988c-f71fb86f256e/9D4A3AAA-07A9-4A5B-A2B8-7DDB0EAB36AB/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.photoseek.com/greece/Meteora.html" href="http://www.photoseek.com/greece/Meteora.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.photoseek.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.photoseek.com/greece/Meteora.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.photoseek.com/img/A2E5F709-7322-4818-8D75-86BC67833360" alt="Eroded peaks of conglomerate rock tower above the village of Kastraki, Meteora." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.photoseek.com/greece/Meteora.html"><CENTER> <CENTER> <H1>Meteora, Greece   <FONT size="-0">(Page 4/4)</FONT></H1> </CENTER> <CENTER><I><FONT size="-1">I last updated this page March 4, 2008. Send comments to <A href="http://www.photoseek.com/greece/mailto:tom@photoseek.com">tom@photoseek.com</A> Photographs Copyright 2001 by Tom Dempsey. </FONT></I><FONT size="-1"><A href="http://www.photoseek.com/greece/../buy.html">Buy any image.</A></FONT></CENTER> <IMG width="360" vspace="15" hspace="15" height="259" border="0" src="http://www.photoseek.com/greece/01GRE-44-06-VarlaamMonastery.jpg" alt="Meteora, Greece: Varlaam Monastery" /><BR /><DIV> <SMALL><I>Above right: Varlaam Monastery was founded on this pinnacle in 1517 AD.</I> </SMALL></DIV> </CENTER></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.photoseek.com/greece/Meteora.html"><SPAN dir="ltr">I suggest reading all you can before going - don't rely on a tour guide to give you the depth of perspective necessary to understand the history and the symbols & styles used in the Greek Orthodox Church.</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.photoseek.com/greece/Meteora.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.photoseek.com/img/1110BD61-6D16-4082-AE3C-5056EBB6990F" alt="Meteora: a face for house decoration" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.photoseek.com/greece/Meteora.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.photoseek.com/img/9C039FD6-5E95-494B-8072-C1B92CF79284" alt="Meteora, Greece: Varlaam Monastery, founded 1517 AD" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.photoseek.com/greece/Meteora.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.photoseek.com/img/FA6150EA-8E43-4763-AD04-EAB24E049E10" alt="Stork nest, Meteora, Greece" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.photoseek.com/greece/Meteora.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.photoseek.com/img/BFAF6897-67BC-48BF-A02A-B5487C921ACE" alt="Meteora: Roussanou Monastery is now a convent." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.photoseek.com/greece/Meteora.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.photoseek.com/img/696E4B83-7D21-4796-9EDE-C0AADB570118" alt="Meteora: Roussanou Monastery" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.photoseek.com/greece/Meteora.html"><I>Monks at Roussanou Monastery have historically used the pulley system shown here to drawn supplies up from the valley below. 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