An elevator bringing up supplies to the 16th-century monastery of Saint Nicholas Anapausas (1527), a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in Meteora, Greece

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The Monastery of St. Nicholas Anapausas, built in the sixteenth century, has a small church, decorated in 1527 by the noted Cretan painter, Theophanis Strelitzas. There was one monk in residence in 2015.

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Location: Monastery of Saint Nicholas Anapausas, Meteora, Kalabaka, Trikala, Thessaly, Greece, Europe
Photo credit: © DE ROCKER / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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