TH E S S A L I A
LARRISA
VOLOS
KARDITSA
TRIKALA
KALAMBAKA
METEORA
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The fertile plain of Thessaly in central Greece is surrounded by Mounts Pindus, Olympus, Pelion, Othrys, Ossa and Agrapha. The River Pinios, coming down from the western slopes of Pindus, cuts Thessaly in two, passes through the valley of Temple and meets the sea.
Thessaly has close links with the mythical past of Greece. Olympus, home of the immortal gods and land of the Centaurs, is only one of the many areas which evidence the continuity of history from Paleolithic times to the present day. The people of Thessaly took part in the Trojan war, with many ships and the hero Achilles as their leader
On the western edge of the plain of Thessaly, just as the Pindus range begins to form, one comes upon a unique phenomenon of nature - 24 perpendicular rocks on which about 600 years ago Byzantine monks chose to worship God and built Meteora, their monastic community. How the monasteries were built on the top of these virtually inaccessible rocks is a subject of fascination for pilgrims and visitors alike.
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