Ideal Spot for a Geology Museum #1 - a photo on Flickriver

            The “Museum of Geological Formations of Meteora,” Greece, is located directly beneath the rock formation called “Holy Spirit.” Both the lofty geological formation and the Museum fit nicely together in the same frame. One can’t think of any other place more matching or suitable for a geological Museum than there.

It was in 1902 that the 4,951 sq.ft. (460 sq.m.) neoclassical building was erected (the top floor in 1926). Until 1985 the building was the primary (elementary) school in the village Kastraki. 

The construction was based on the same architectural plan as for four hundred other schools, too, throughout rural Greece. It was the state Engineer D. Kallias who designed the plan and established the first specifications for constructing schools in Greece, laid down as a Royal Decree (May 17, 1894,  Govt Gaz: June 4, 1894); the standards set were inspired by Jules Ferry’s regulations on building schools in France in 1880. The public buildings of that bygone era had an imposing and monumental architectural style, strongly influenced by German neoclassicism. The 407 identical schools were often notorious for not matching their surroundings and the local traditional architecture.

The geology Museum was inaugurated in May 2018, after maintenance works (much needed).

Meteora is the name of the group comprising many impressive and lofty rock formations: The height of the sandstone megaliths ranges between 1,000-2,067 ft (300-630 m). The rock masses were formed 60 million years ago, are geologically unique and listed in UNESCO world heritage sites.

Taken on: November 28, 2020

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