On a wing and a prayer: The extraordinary hanging monasteries that cling to the sides of cliffs
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$ v8 ^! E0 m" ?( b+ OGripping: 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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% X9 @. W' I6 I2 y& `* T/ g- pTVBNOW 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。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( G) [3 R- D# ]: q
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4 L1 j3 S0 B6 E, sBetween 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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) G6 L; v4 G; f0 |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 A6 R7 r9 X6 m s& u6 J3 x5.39.217.77Don'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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 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)5.39.217.775 i* [ P% r! I2 q2 g8 R
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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( \$ v7 T6 D2 {7 J& s
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5 k) O0 o3 u9 N* 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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4 L% j. j$ f( {& M+ ]& b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# }! x4 {4 h1 h x
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Rich 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公仔箱論壇. [7 I4 C2 R' J4 y( V
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Idyllic: The rock, pictured here at dawn, upon which the temple and monastery were built is a 'magma plug'' k( T1 m5 V6 G2 O2 U
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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
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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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% J7 p4 G* q8 E$ c3 ZA 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 entrance1 { n* h7 t: k7 X9 x% W! y
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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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