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Wikipedia: The monastery of Agia Lavra was built in 961 AD, on Helmos Mountain, at an altitude of 961 meters, and can be described as the symbolic birth-place of modern Greece. It stands as one of the oldest monasteries in the Peloponnese. It was built in 10th century but was burnt to the ground in 1585 by the Turks.
![[Monastery of Agia Lavra]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/AgiaLavra2_s.jpg "Monastery of Agia Lavra")
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![[Metropolitan Germanos of Patras blessing the flag of the Greek resistance at Agia Lavra Monastery]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Epanastasi_s.jpg "Metropolitan Germanos of Patras blessing the flag of the Greek resistance at Agia Lavra Monastery")
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