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Roussanou Monastery
A nunnery built right to the edges of a narrow rock, reached by a bridge, with vivid 16th-century frescoes.
- Open
- Closed one day a week; check ahead
- Price
- Paid; a small fee
- Time Needed
- 45 minutes
- Address
- Meteora, 422 00 KalambakaDirections
- Getting There
- On the main road, between Varlaam and Holy Trinity.
Why Go
The buildings fill every inch of the pillar's top. Its church has frescoes of the martyrdom of saints painted in 1560, and nuns have lived here since the 1980s.
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