Category: Sites of Historical – Cultural Interest
Points of particular cultural importance, such as historical monuments, traditional settlements, monasteries and myths associated with the place.
It stands between two waterfalls, in the Paleokarya Gorge, bridging the banks of the Portaikos. It was built around 1550 and connected Pyli and the surrounding villages with the area of Aspropotamos. It is a single-arch stone bridge with a length of 26 metres, a height of 10 metres and…
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The bridge of Pyli or St. Vissarion or Portas is a stone arched bridge located 1.5 km east of Pyli Trikala, bridging the river Portaikos. According to the surviving inscription, it was built in 1514. The bridge of Pili was built in 1514 with the sponsorship of Vissarion II, who…
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At the northwestern end of the meteoritic rocky cluster is the Monydrium of Agios Nikolaos Gavros, on the rock of which one finds scattered small ascetics and cells. In the same area, near the river Mekani, is the monastery of St. Nicholas, in the village of Gavros. The exterior masonry…
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At the northwestern end of the meteoritic rocky cluster is the monastery of Saint Theodosius, on the rock of which one finds scattered small ascetics and cells. Inside the small church, frescoes in two layers are preserved. The newer paintings are from the 19th century. The oldest of them, of…
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In the two churches that survive (Prophet Elias and Metamorphosis of Christ), there is no inscription. In another inscription, three monks (Damianos, Hilarion, Cyprian), as well as the monks Jeremiah and Avxentios, are mentioned, who spend for a box of sacred relics on August 30, 1852. In a commemoration of…
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At a distance of 43 km from Kalambaka is the village of Panagia or Nea Koutsoufliani, where the historic monastery of Limpohovo, dedicated to the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, is located. The monastery is mentioned in 1336 in a chrysobullo of Emperor Andronikos III. The old monastery was built…
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