Greece, Island of Amorgos: the Holy Monasrety of Panagia Hozoviotissa, built in a hollow of the precipitous cliffs of Mount Prophet Elijah about 300

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Greece, Island of Amorgos: the Holy Monasrety of Panagia Hozoviotissa, built in a hollow of the precipitous cliffs of Mount Prophet Elijah about 300 metres above the sea. It was built in 812-13 AD to house a revered icon, rescued from the plundered Monastery of Chozeba in Palestine. Eight storeys high, it has a maximum depth of only 5 metres. View of the monastery from the stone stairway.

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Keywords: architecture, chozoviotissa, cyclades, greek, hellas, heritage, historic, hopping, island, islands, picturesque, whitewashed