Meteora the House Of God Meteora is a cluster of enormous dark stones of sandstone which are risen nearby to the city of Kalampaka in Thessaly. On top of the rocks Monasteries have been built for centuries and is the second biggest complex of such monasteries in Greece after Agion Oros in Athos. From the thirty monasteries which historically existed, only six of them are still in function. Furthemore they are included in the list of wordwild momuments of UNESCO. Nowdays, many tourists travel from all of the world to visit them.