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KALABAKA
Kalabaka is known all over Greece and the world for its eminent monasteries that are built on the top of the rocks of Meteora and are found east and north of it. Millions of visitors flock from all over the world each year in order to admire them and worship them. They stay in Kalabaka and Kastraki. Kalabaka is a city with rich history and important monuments. The most important of these, is the Holy Temple of Dormition of the Mother of God that lies in the N-W department of the city under .....
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HISTORY OF KALABAKA
Built on the foothills of the Rocks of Meteora, it is a commercial and tourist centre, not only in order for someone to visit the Meteora but also in order to visit Chasia, Koziaka or Triggia and Aspropotamos, while it is also a passage to Epirus.
Ancient Aiginion, in the Byzantine times, was renamed to “Stagous” a name that the local Metropolis maintains until today. The name “Kalampaka” begins to be used from the era of sultan Bagiazit II’ after the Turkish conquest of Thessaly (1393-139.....
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ANCIENT TOWN OF KALABAKA
The biggest part of pre-war Kalabaka extended from the current Town hall up to the small church of Saint-George, in the district of Sopotos. The town in this space was structured densely, the squares were small, the residences were close-bodied and the paver streets were narrow.
The houses, representatives of the traditional architecture, were well-matched with the surrounding space, and the wider landscape. It was built by craftsmen in Kalabaka, with love for their art. Depending on the .....
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KASTRAKI OF KALABAKA
It is situated between Kalabaka and Meteora, literally in the shade of the rocks and it is the most developed tourist village of the prefecture of Trikala. Its residents are occupied mainly with tourism and on smaller scale with agriculture. The village accommodates hotels, several camping, rented rooms, barbecues, cafeterias, as well as laboratories of hagiography.
The old settlement of Kastraki presents appreciable architectural interest. Kastraki has an old and rich history. A lot of tr.....
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CHURCH OF DORMITION OF THE MOTHER OF GOD
The Byzantine temple of Dormition of the Mother of God is the most important monument of Kalabaka.
The temple of Dormition of the Mother of God that is located in the old city was erected between 10th and 11th century on the ruins of an early Christian royal. It’s in the rhythm of an aisled Basilica mixed type, it has banking and enlightened the intermediate declinable splint and the tribelon.
The exonarthex was added in 16th century. In the southern wall a lot of ancient departments of b.....
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CAVERN OF THEOPETRA
A visit to Kalabaka is never complete without visiting the” Cavern of Theopetra” a unique archeological monument. One of the most interesting from historical opinion caverns of Greece is the cavern of Theopetra that is found in the community of Theopetra, in short distance from Kalabaka.
West from the national road Trikala-Ioannina, 3km before Meteora, above the village Theopetra a rocky limestone volume, in the north-eastern side the homonym cavern is situated. It is in the westerner preh.....
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Attractions / Destinations
The City of Trikala
