[:ja]イワン・ワグナー宇宙飛行士がISSから撮影したギリシャのカランバカとメテオラ修道院です。
メテオラ（Μετέωρα）は、ギリシア北西部・テッサリア地方北端の奇岩群とその上に建設された修道院共同体です。その地形及びギリシア正教の修道院文化の価値からユネスコ世界遺産（文化・自然複合遺産）に登録されています。メテオラの険しい地形は、俗世との関わりを断ち祈りと瞑想に生きるギリシア正教の修道士にとっては理想の環境と見なされ、9世紀には既に、この奇岩群に穿たれた洞穴や岩の裂け目に修道士が住み着いていました。この時代の修道士は現在のような修道院共同体を形成することはなく、単独で修行する隠修士が主流でした。メテオラに修道院共同体が成立したのは、14世紀、セルビア王国がセサリア地方に勢力を拡大してくる時代であるといわれます。
地上の様子はこちらです。
参考文献： Ivan Vagner’s Tweet
地球俯瞰画像を見る： LiVEARTH
[Earthview Wonders] No.1165: Meteora Monasteries, Greece🇬🇷
Astronaut Ivan Vagner captured from ISS Kalabaka and the Meteora Monasteries (Μετέωρα), Greece.
The Meteora is a rock formation in central Greece hosting one of the largest and most precipitously built complexes of Eastern Orthodox monasteries, second in importance only to Mount Athos. The 6 (of an original 24) monasteries are built on immense natural pillars and hill-like rounded boulders that dominate the local area. It is located near the town of Kalabaka at the northwestern edge of the Plain of Thessaly near the Pineios river and Pindus Mountains. As early as the 11th century, monks occupied the caverns of Meteora. However, monasteries were not built until the 14th century, when the monks sought somewhere to hide in the face of an increasing number of Turkish attacks on Greece.
The local scenery on the ground is as follows.
Reference: Ivan Vagner’s Tweet
See earthview photo gallery: LiVEARTH
[:en][Earthview Wonders] No.1165: Meteora Monasteries, Greece🇬🇷
Astronaut Ivan Vagner captured from ISS Kalabaka and the Meteora Monasteries (Μετέωρα), Greece.
The Meteora is a rock formation in central Greece hosting one of the largest and most precipitously built complexes of Eastern Orthodox monasteries, second in importance only to Mount Athos. The 6 (of an original 24) monasteries are built on immense natural pillars and hill-like rounded boulders that dominate the local area. It is located near the town of Kalabaka at the northwestern edge of the Plain of Thessaly near the Pineios river and Pindus Mountains. As early as the 11th century, monks occupied the caverns of Meteora. However, monasteries were not built until the 14th century, when the monks sought somewhere to hide in the face of an increasing number of Turkish attacks on Greece.
The local scenery on the ground is as follows.
Reference: Ivan Vagner’s Tweet
See earthview photo gallery: LiVEARTH
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