On a wing and a prayer: The extraordinary hanging monasteries that cling to the sides of cliffs
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E' m( V. M1 @' z1 n; rGripping: 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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* N, P; K0 g) w6 R& ?1 b, s* T5.39.217.77Closer 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
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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 mountain5.39.217.77. g8 o9 U2 K q; ~/ F; U
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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 buildings4 S4 [% o- s$ P: L5 |
& S7 w, y4 _1 C D8 m1 P; d9 Q2 b 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/ v8 B- _* z8 b/ D5.39.217.77Path to enlightenment: A stunning scene showing the Monastery of Roussanou in what must one of the most serene places in the world. x6 X4 b; x6 G
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) `( z% W& j7 l0 k2 j7 _Balancing act: The monastery of Roussanou at the base of a stone tower in Meteora, Greece in a picture taken in 1985TVBNOW 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。/ f, S3 p) |1 m8 I+ B) }
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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 GreeceTVBNOW 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。7 }) h* k2 Z- n. f1 x* ? U$ h
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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 BC5.39.217.777 D5 j; `! {1 G. Y% a* X0 @
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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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, d4 K% y, e( f. L) Z5 h) M6 sEasy 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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" \) b6 t+ v" J$ ], H [公仔箱論壇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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, A5 _& x0 \% t7 ~. a0 I! ]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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8 }; N2 P6 T3 Q5 m' j8 JTVBNOW 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。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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8 P: _% |* U+ g) T6 ]4 L1 A( [% `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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