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| − | The '''Roussanou Monastery''', also Agia Varvaras Roussanou Monastery, in Meteora is one of six active monasteries in the Meteora [[monastery]] complex in Greece. | + | The '''Roussanou Monastery''', also Agia Varvaras Roussanou Monastery, in [[Meteora]] is one of six active monasteries in the Meteora [[monastery]] complex in Greece. |
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The Roussanou Monastery, also Agia Varvaras Roussanou Monastery, in Meteora is one of six active monasteries in the Meteora monastery complex in Greece.
History
The monastery was founded in 1545 by the brothers Joasaph and Maximos on the site of an earlier church.
Today, entry to the monastery is over a small bridge from another pinnacle.
