On a wing and a prayer: The extraordinary hanging monasteries that cling to the sides of cliffs 5.39.217.77/ q% T: {* x/ e' J9 Q$ U- ]
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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 paths5.39.217.77" |2 x/ Q/ J5 r8 ^
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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 cloudstvb now,tvbnow,bttvb* t' k) s/ C' }9 o0 g
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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+ Z7 }7 s& G. {6 S
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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
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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 mountaintvb now,tvbnow,bttvb$ T6 H7 J" a( m" R% m, c
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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)
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' i0 G$ B6 w6 D3 C' o+ P# X5.39.217.77Path to enlightenment: A stunning scene showing the Monastery of Roussanou in what must one of the most serene places in the world5 i, l* c$ \9 V: ^/ K- A
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1 ^! {3 E' q" d6 ?% e+ }( DBalancing 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& i1 Y1 y% {3 U* C+ C$ q+ C* w! F
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( w* x7 }5 r m# C9 o% ^8 YIdyllic: The rock, pictured here at dawn, upon which the temple and monastery were built is a 'magma plug'& V2 _; i% ~% o. e. ], X! u! L# v) V. B
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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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- W- e3 P4 \5 e) c5.39.217.77Up 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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