On a wing and a prayer: The extraordinary hanging monasteries that cling to the sides of cliffs
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( }' y8 O0 O y$ h% n$ ]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7 [% G8 X1 b6 H3 [# l+ [) g
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, j3 ~3 A4 H5 a4 }9 W5.39.217.77Complete 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公仔箱論壇7 U& ]* r$ ~- e( ?# J
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U1 F0 K2 X8 b8 qVertigo-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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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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N/ m: e1 C( q e5.39.217.77Path 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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. T3 r2 @# O5 H8 {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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Idyllic: The rock, pictured here at dawn, upon which the temple and monastery were built is a 'magma plug'
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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& l9 X" h, k1 a" O0 S- Q
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% p% U; Y+ p) E. b$ U. CPanoramic: The monastery of St Stephen, part of the Meteora complex in Greece, was built in the middle of 16th and decorated in or around 1545TVBNOW 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。/ ]+ N4 @3 v1 w% B7 J
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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 |