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Monastery of St. Dimitrios

Former monastery in Kalabaka Municipality, Thessaly Region, Greece From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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The Monastery of St. Dimitrios (Greek: Μονή Αγίου Δημητρίου, romanized: Moni Agiou Dimitriou) is a former Eastern Orthodox monastery that is part of the Meteora monastery complex in Thessaly, central Greece.[1][2]

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The ruins of the Monastery of St. Dimitrios are in the center left, on the top of the Dimitrios Rock. Ypapantis Monastery is the building in the lower part of the rock.

In 1809, the Albanian Ottoman pasha Ali Pasha Tepelena destroyed the monastery, since Greek insurgents led by the local klepht leader Thymios Vlachavas were hiding at the site. Today, the monastery ruins can be seen on Dimitrios Rock. Ypapantis Monastery is located on the same rock, below the Monastery of St. Dimitrios.[1]

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A trail leads up to the base of the rock from the main unpaved road below. The monastery ruins can only be reached by climbing the rock.

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