Category: Geosites of Meteora – Pyli Geopark

The important Byzantine church of Porta Panagia is located on the foot of the Pindos mountain pass, in the settlement of Porta, which until recently was connected to Pyli through the arched bridge of Saint Bessarion. It was built in 1283 as the katholikon (main church) of the stauropegic Monastery…

The Church of St. George is the oldest church in the village of Tzourtzia (Agia Paraskevi) in Aspropotamos. It was probably built in the 18th century or earlier, and was frescoed in 1790. Later, the stone bell tower was added to the church's enclosure. It is located at the western…

In a decree issued by the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos III Palaiologos in 1336, the Holy Monastery of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary of Gardiki is listed as belonging to the diocese of Stagon. From Byzantine archives and oral descriptions, it is believed that the monastery flourished even before the…

The Monastery of Saint George (Myrofillo) is located on a hill south of the village of Myro above the bed of the Acheloos (Aspropotamos) river. It was built in 1618 on the ruins, according to tradition, of an old church of Sotiros and the monastery of Panagia Mirokovos (< 1336)….

The Battle of Meritsa or Battle of Oxynia was fought on 11 and 12 February 1943 between ~800 men of the Greek People's Liberation Army (ELAS), under Nestoras Vokas ("Tzavellas"), Nikos Zaralis ("Hasiotis"), Aristides Bloutsos (National Republican Greek League – EDES) and Elias Kafantaris ("Adamantios") against a battalion of the…

The Holy Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary is located in the square of Gardiki. It is the village's central church, built in the basilica style with a dome, constructed with stones. There is an inscription indicating the church was renovated in 1843, but it is believed to…