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A pious, precarious place

Monastery Rousanou: a contemplative site with ladders and nets for ancient ascetic access, now open to tourists and hosting a convent of nuns.

#MeteoraMonasteries #GreekArchitecture #OrthodoxChurches

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I love #Orthodoxchurches like this in Greece, don't you? Except this is #Istanbul, monastery complex of #Turkish Rum population. Has underground spring & Kahramanli tombstones in courtyard. Visit yourself using my #travelguide #Istanbul50UnsungPlaces amzn.to/42xzAg7s.