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Metearo, Greece (the land suspended in air)
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<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/cf72fa84-cb7c-4b84-b869-f977525764d7/C3685B2C-C306-4811-B9D7-3E8CE3965740/" 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/588DD3CD-3F05-4FC7-B673-2C4216C77975" alt="Meteora, Greece: Varlaam 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"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.photoseek.com/img/00480B50-8B47-4182-B32B-A7E42BB56086" 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"><H1>Meteora, Greece <FONT size="-0">(Page 4/4)</FONT></H1></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"><P>The Greek word <I>Meteora</I> means "suspended in the air", and our words <I>meteorite</I> and <I>meteorology</I> come from the same root. The conglomerate<I> </I>rock at Meteora, Greece, has eroded into fantastic peaks upon which medieval monks built monasteries, several of which are still active. The isolated monasteries of Meteora helped keep alive Greek Orthodox religious traditions and Hellenic culture during the turbulent Middle Ages and <A href="http://www.photoseek.com/greece/../Turkhist.html#OttomanEmpire">Ottoman Turk</A> occupation of Greece (1453-1829). In 1988, UNESCO declared Meteora to be a World Heritage Site. <IMG width="325" vspace="15" hspace="15" height="497" border="1" align="left" alt="Meteora, Greece: Varlaam Monastery, founded 1517 AD" src="http://www.photoseek.com/greece/01GRE-43-36-VarlaamMonasteryMeteora.jpg" /> <I>Left: Varlaam Monastery, founded on this pinnacle in 1517 AD.</I> </P></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/C4389385-2D40-4692-9D0D-C657C6EE46E5" 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/27E37AAC-6D0F-4805-BAD1-760FB59365C9" 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://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.photoseek.com/img/740237DA-1875-4B0E-A05B-AE058580E1BE" 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://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.photoseek.com/img/BF07C576-AF5A-4BFA-A491-E8376DF4E75B" 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"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.photoseek.com/img/37844535-E823-49F2-800A-E8F830502599" 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://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.photoseek.com/img/7339A03A-F65A-4338-B363-6AAA9EA919FB" alt="Grand Meteora Monastery, 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/3D976A68-CA35-4A53-A413-12329A44D38D" alt="Entry to Grand Meteora Monastery, 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://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.photoseek.com/img/8092C32D-6253-4B9C-AB46-BA92EE24D605" alt="Meteora, Greece: Anapafsa 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"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.photoseek.com/img/CEF8AD41-FB9D-41E4-8F94-476D1FEDE71F" alt="" /></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/6A863A02-2355-41A7-824C-8B338B49A7F1" alt="" /></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/03BC6CBB-96EC-4CCC-A0F8-17C629A8AD85" alt="" /></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/6EEE2CC2-8A63-4210-87A9-8B7AA1FB5BDD" alt="Kastraki, Meteora, Greece: Old houses beneath rock pinnacle." /></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/46A14AB6-5178-45F4-8BD5-619A2F6B361A" alt="Kastraki, Meteora: moped parked below turquioise shutters" /></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/EE60EF0A-FCF9-4400-AEB1-C9A78656295E" alt="Kastraki, Meteora: weathered door" /></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/09198371-AD10-4E05-9AAF-5B968E443C56" alt="Kastraki, Meteora: mottled door" /></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/F5C37F01-CE73-46E5-A62F-2A4F5DCC314F" alt="Meteora: Varlaam 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"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.photoseek.com/img/4C719312-ACFC-42EC-A2B9-89FCC3FE9127" alt="01GRE-44-06-Varlaam.jpg" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/C3685B2C-C306-4811-B9D7-3E8CE3965740/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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