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Moni Rousanou

Meteora Municipality, Greece · built 1288

The Monastery of Rousanou is a Greek Orthodox monastery now used as a convent near the town of Kalambaka, in the Thessaly region of central Greece. It is located at the top of a rocky precipice over 415 metres (1, 362 ft) above the Pineios valley floor. It is one of twenty-four monasteries that were originally built at Meteora. Collectively titled Meteora, in 1988 the extant six monasteries were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

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