Fascinating udalenna monasteries that you must visit

The Monastery Of Ostrog (Montenegro)
The Church belonging to the Serbian Orthodox Church, can be seen high in the cliff Ostroška Greda. The monastery is the most popular pilgrimage place in Montenegro, and thousands of people all over the world come here every year. This cave Church was founded in the 17th century Basil, Bishop of Herzegovina.








Meteora (Greece)
Meteora (Metéora) in Greek means "middle of heaven". The monastery is located on the highest point of the rock, situated on the plain of Thessaly in Greece. Eastern Orthodox monastery, a world heritage site by UNESCO. The legend says that the founder of the monastery of St. Athanasius didn't need to climb to the top of the cliff, suddenly appeared an eagle and brought him there. In the 14th century to transport materials on the 550-meter height for the construction of the monastery was used ladders and nets.

        See also: White Horse Temple in China

Buddhist monastery of Ki (India)

Ki monastery-like part of the scenery of the movie "the Lord of the Rings". It is located in Ki village in the Himalayas. Tibetan Buddhist monastery found at the top of a hill at an altitude of 4166 meters above sea level overlooking the Spiti valley.








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