On a wing and a prayer: The extraordinary hanging monasteries that cling to the sides of cliffs
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Gripping: This gravity-defying hanging monastery clings to the side of Mt Huashan in China and is only accessible via steep and dangerous paths$ P: O/ o6 P/ G9 r5 L% y8 \
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) S7 h: u/ y1 V. F' K# xCloser to their god: The Taktshang Tiger's Nest monastery clings to a cliff 2,300ft above the Paro Valley floor in Bhutan at such a height it looks down on the cloudstvb now,tvbnow,bttvb) Q: {! g$ `& a) r6 ^$ ~
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# ], i# E. Z* Y- ?( y公仔箱論壇Complete isolation: According to legend, the Tiger's Nest takes its name from the 'second Buddha', Precious Guru Padmasambhava, who travelled to the site on a tiger: P5 S, `% ]0 Y
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Between a rock and a hard place: The Holy Trinity is part of the Meteora - which translates as 'suspended in the air' - complex of monasteries in Greece, one of the largest collections of such buildings in the country公仔箱論壇! _! j, }% x8 d& d, p
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Vertigo-inducing: The Sumela monastery in Turkey was created 386AD apparently after two priests discovered a miraculous icon of the Virgin Mary in a cave on the mountain
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3 m! n0 G; I) X8 C( R1 P* ^TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。Don't look down! The monasteries of Agios Nikolaos Anapafsas (left) and Agia Roussanou (right) in Greece, which form part of the Meteora complex of precariously placed buildings公仔箱論壇. i7 }! A& k" Y" g* U
( e/ i5 D6 b$ q; I Head for heights: French mountain climber Catherine Destivelle during her ascension of the Rocher Saint Esprit, in the Meteora, with the Monastery of Roussanou located on a parallel summit (right)tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb# Y6 m3 e) j' h* j4 T' C/ O7 S3 _9 `
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" p4 Y. u( p6 w7 e" lPath to enlightenment: A stunning scene showing the Monastery of Roussanou in what must one of the most serene places in the world) W' q6 T/ f2 E' u
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Balancing act: The monastery of Roussanou at the base of a stone tower in Meteora, Greece in a picture taken in 1985
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Nerve-wracking: A man is hoisted 250ft in a net, the only way to access the Monastery of St Barlaam (right), which also forms part of the Meteora complex in Greece
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, }! S' r( @$ t1 `! \% i公仔箱論壇Idyllic: The rock, pictured here at dawn, upon which the temple and monastery were built is a 'magma plug'5.39.217.775 _) P5 O' E8 G- E0 C; Q5 @* O! A
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Easy does it: A visitor navigates the stone stairs leading up to the temple and fortress of Sigiriya, but this path is by no means the most perilous compared to those approaching other monasteries
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0 J* j! }2 m- G2 c0 j5 Z5.39.217.77Beautiful: Sigiriya is framed by symmetrical water gardens which extend to the foot of the rock. It is one of the eight World Heritage Sites of Sri Lanka
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9 u6 L% Y5 o D/ UPanoramic: The monastery of St Stephen, part of the Meteora complex in Greece, was built in the middle of 16th and decorated in or around 15455.39.217.77$ r/ L% p) z. I9 p0 V. \" W
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2 k1 e& d- ^% O q5.39.217.77A cut above: Rather than clinging to it, this temple was carved into the rock in the region of Cappadocia in Turkey. Frescoes can be seen around the entrance
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Up on high: The Holy Holy Monastery of Saint Nicholas Anapausas in Meteora, Greece, which was built in the 16th Century and decorated by the Cretan painter Theophanis Strelitzas in 1527 |
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