Ten Isolated, Gravity-Defying Monasteries You Can Visit Around the World

Photo: One of the Meteora monasteries in Greece – August 14, 2012. Photo credit: Ruben Holthuijsen via Flickr. CC BY 2.0. Article by Shoshi Parks. Smithsonian Magazine – January 31, 2025.

For centuries, monks have sought solitude and isolation on their path to spiritual enlightenment, choosing some of the most remote places on the globe to construct their monasteries. Some of these residences, like the Meteora Monasteries in Greece and Popa Taung Kalat in Myanmar, were built at the summits of massive monoliths that dominate […]

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