Meteora

Meteora has very unusual and quite spectacular rock formations and a complex of Eastern Orthodox monasteries built on their peaks. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Greek name "Meteora" means "suspended in the air," a phrase that perfectly describes the surreal landscape of towering sandstone pillars with monasteries perched on top.

Geologists have not yet come to a totally agreed conclusion about their formation. The dark rocks, are made of sandstone and their height reaches up to 313 meters formed about 60 million years ago.

The current theory is that the creation of the big boulders is due to a cone of river boulders and rocks composed of a mixture of sandstone and conglomerate that for millions of years forced the inland waters towards Aegean Sea, Eventually this part was cut off and erosion by water, winds, intense rainfall left these formations,

However, according to Greek mythology, the presence of the rocks in Meteora is due to the famous battle between the Titans and the Olympian gods, when Zeus used the Hecantonchires (giants with hundred hands) to lift huge rocks and throw them against the Titans.Baca lagi