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Monastery of St. Nicholas of Mpantovas

historical monastery in Meteora, Greece

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 12, 2026
Entity authorityQ20501280 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Monastery of St. Nicholas of Mpantovas (Greek: Μονή Αγίου Νικολάου Μπάντοβα, romanized: Moni Agiou Nikolaou Bantova) is a former Greek Orthodox monastery that is part of the Meteora monastery complex in Kalabaka, in the Thessaly region of central Greece.

History

The monastery was founded in c. 1400 in a rock cave on Mpantovas Rock. In 1943, it was bombed by the Luftwaffe.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Monastery of St. Nicholas of Mpantovas” as historical monastery in Meteora, Greece. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Monastery, Nicholas and Mpantovas.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1400, 1943—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Monastery, Nicholas and Mpantovas providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Monastery of St. Nicholas of Mpantovas”, the useful work is to connect “historical monastery in Meteora, Greece” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 12, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q20501280. Authority coordinates are 39.712, 21.621. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1400 and 1943.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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This entry incorporates text from “Monastery of St. Nicholas of Mpantovas” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.