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Mount Athos · Stop 8 · Day 3
Simonopetra Monastery
Tradition
By tradition, in the 13th century St Simon saw a star shining over this rock on the night of the Nativity and founded the monastery here.
Here today
A monastery of several storeys built on top of a rock high above the sea.
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Land outlines: Natural Earth (public domain).