Occurrence of Attributes in Original Text
The text related to the cultural heritage 'Meteora' has mentioned 'Monasteries' in the following places:
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| The Meteora (/xcbx8cmxc9x9btixcbx88xc9x94xcbx90rxc9x99/;[1] Greek: xcex9cxcexb5xcfx84xcexadxcfx89xcfx81xcexb1, pronouncedxc2xa0[mexcbx88teora]) is a rock formation in central Greece hosting one of the largest and most precipitously built complexes of Eastern Orthodox monasteries, second in importance only to Mount Athos. | WIKI |
| [2] The six (of an original twenty four) monasteries are built on immense natural pillars and hill-like rounded boulders that dominate the local area. | WIKI |
| Contents 1 Geology 2 History 2.1 Ancient history 2.2 Monasteries 3 List of monasteries 4 Gallery 5 In popular culture 6 Notes 7 Further reading 8 External links | WIKI |
| However, monasteries were not built until the fourteenth century, when the monks sought somewhere to hide in the face of an increasing number of Turkish attacks on Greece. | WIKI |
| Of the 24 monasteries, only six (four of men, two of women) are still functioning, with each housing fewer than ten individuals. | WIKI |
| Monasteries[edit] | WIKI |
| The exact date of the establishment of the monasteries is unknown. | WIKI |
| More than 20 monasteries were built, beginning in the fourteenth century. | WIKI |
| Access to the monasteries was originally (and deliberately) difficult, requiring either long ladders latched together or large nets used to haul up both goods and people. | WIKI |
| List of monasteries[edit] | WIKI |
| At their peak in the sixteenth century there were 24 monasteries at Meteora in Greece. | WIKI |
| Of the six functioning monasteries, the Holy Monastery of St. Stephen and the Holy Monastery of Roussanou are inhabited by nuns while the remainder are inhabited by monks. | WIKI |
| The total monastic population of the Meteora monasteries in 2015 was 56, comprising 15 monks in four monasteries and 41 nuns in two monasteries. | WIKI |
| The monasteries are now tourist attractions. | WIKI |
| Image Monastery The Monastery of Great Meteoron - This is the largest of the monasteries located at Meteora, although in 2015 there were only three monks in residence. | WIKI |
| [19] The Monastery of Varlaam xe2x80x93 The Monastery of Varlaam is the second largest monastery in the Meteora complex, and in 2015 had the largest number of monks (seven) of the monasteries for men. | WIKI |
| Meteora in the early morning hours The Rousanou, the Nikolaos and the Grand Meteora monasteries The Rousanou monastery Panorama of the Meteora valley Panoramic view at Meteora valley Panoramic view at monastery Varlaam Panoramic view at monastery Roussanou Panoramic view at monasteries Varlaam and Grand Metereon | WIKI |
| Scenes from Tintin and the Golden Fleece were also shot at the Meteora monasteries. | WIKI |
| One of the surviving characters in Max Brooks's zombie apocalypse novel, "World War Z" finds refuge and peace of mind in the monasteries during and after the zombie war. | WIKI |
| The 2012 film Meteora directed by Spiros Stathoulopoulos is set in the monasteries and scenery of Meteora. | WIKI |
| The monasteries were a filming location for the 1976 action movie Sky Riders. | WIKI |