Holy Trinity Monastery, Meteora

Activity on top of this 400 meter high rock dates to the 11th century with building beginning in the 14th century. If any of this looks familiar, Holy Trinity is most photogenic. It has been in a number of movies, perhaps best known in the Bond movie, For Your Eyes Only.
The 1st picture looks through the gate after climbing the external stairs up the rock to a stone spiral staircase. Before the stairs were cut into the rock, access was 1st by a manually operated winch in the 2nd picture, followed by a cable car across the chasm in the 3rd picture. There is an ancient fresco at the left side of the 2nd picture alongside the balcony.
Upon entering up that stone spiral staircase, you reach an undercroft that is modern and houses icons like the one in the 5th picture. The last picture is of an icon of the Holy Trinity to whom the monastery is dedicated. I saw this image in enough places to suggest that it might be specifically symbolic of this place.Read more