So around 1300 some blokes decided to build a monastery on top of a big rock. I reckon they could have found easier spots but anyway they went ahead and started building and sure enough more blokes turned up to build after more and then some ladies joined in the fun and before they knew it there were 24 monasteries all perched on top of huge monoliths. Pretty sure the health and safety department was unaware of it all. We spent all day walking up from the village and all around. It was a bit rainy but it all added to the charm.
The church inside the largest one was probably the most beautiful church I've ever been in - frescoes, carvings, the light. Amazing. And they hid all the old works of Homer, Plato, Aristotle and all those old guys from the Turks so all those manuscripts and old religious writings survived.
So yeah, super amazing. Absolutely incredible how they built any of it.
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