On a wing and a prayer: The extraordinary hanging monasteries that cling to the sides of cliffs 5.39.217.77: z( a* i4 T$ x( F# D
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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
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Closer 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 clouds公仔箱論壇) n$ w' ^- t6 r: }1 D6 E
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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 countryTVBNOW 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。2 X6 f5 _- E' c4 `6 z; K3 d3 T
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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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. a7 i8 J9 Y6 b0 H) t公仔箱論壇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
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 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)公仔箱論壇$ K* U( l" ?/ g* v
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2 t4 W5 y- P& q' t& j/ [5.39.217.77Path to enlightenment: A stunning scene showing the Monastery of Roussanou in what must one of the most serene places in the world
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" y# _! V5 g9 oBalancing act: The monastery of Roussanou at the base of a stone tower in Meteora, Greece in a picture taken in 19855 N) a) u2 d/ Y- q
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8 u8 J# }0 V4 htvb now,tvbnow,bttvbNerve-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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$ H8 {3 J( j- y. ~3 b: A) bRich heritage: The ruins of the Sigiriya, or Lion's Rock, in the central Matale District of Sri Lanka, which was used as a monastery from around the 5th Century BC
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Idyllic: The rock, pictured here at dawn, upon which the temple and monastery were built is a 'magma plug'7 [5 ?$ k; @# L! s# a M9 B# U, }
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) G2 S- P1 K8 H+ ^% D3 kEasy 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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Beautiful: 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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