On a wing and a prayer: The extraordinary hanging monasteries that cling to the sides of cliffs
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5 O: H+ S3 M4 P公仔箱論壇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 ]' a# i* n7 e* n( ]
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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
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# J. X6 b- X! y- H/ C5.39.217.77Between 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 country5.39.217.770 L& G* c5 N3 {0 k' H0 T3 b7 G4 o
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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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2 M5 T4 Z. [% b' ?! A5 @5.39.217.77Don'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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# @9 k4 N6 ~& x2 w8 T! i5.39.217.77 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)
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Path to enlightenment: A stunning scene showing the Monastery of Roussanou in what must one of the most serene places in the world公仔箱論壇8 }, U4 ]+ z v$ a2 X
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# t/ B- V% s: C. @+ A, x) e' n公仔箱論壇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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Idyllic: The rock, pictured here at dawn, upon which the temple and monastery were built is a 'magma plug'
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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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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公仔箱論壇! `4 a4 U. h! Q3 x& K5 `6 M
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7 b6 _8 e3 L& A A# @/ L, o公仔箱論壇Panoramic: The monastery of St Stephen, part of the Meteora complex in Greece, was built in the middle of 16th and decorated in or around 1545
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A 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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