[2] It is situated on top of a rock[3] called Meteora or Platylithos, which is 415 metres above the Pineios valley floor.

[1] The monastery was founded by Athanasius the Meteorite in 1356,[4] sponsored by the local lord Simeon Uroš, based in nearby Trikala, who that same year proclaimed himself Emperor of Serbs and Greeks following the death of Stefan Dušan.

[5]: 414  During the ensuing century the region fell under the rule of the Ottoman Empire, which lasted until the Convention of Constantinople (1881) by which Thessaly was taken over by the Kingdom of Greece.

Out of 1,124 codices that were catalogued by N. Veis at the six Meteora monasteries, 610 were recorded at the Great Meteoron.

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