On a wing and a prayer: The extraordinary hanging monasteries that cling to the sides of cliffs
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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 paths
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$ o/ C' s; D3 q7 F6 |公仔箱論壇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
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# z$ `% ?" Z! e9 E% L/ Ptvb now,tvbnow,bttvbComplete 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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4 ^/ f0 g( j1 n! A. k公仔箱論壇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) ~% k$ h1 V& r5 Q0 Z0 `! ~
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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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/ K+ ~* ^! @& T: s% l. k5.39.217.77Don'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 buildings5.39.217.772 b# p* \; K* }9 G
4 z8 v$ x0 g6 U, i* }. v 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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, V; r( o% x6 K( N8 uPath to enlightenment: A stunning scene showing the Monastery of Roussanou in what must one of the most serene places in the worldTVBNOW 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。! ?+ O5 n% l6 m; F6 d
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8 B5 q7 a' S6 T( W2 dBalancing act: The monastery of Roussanou at the base of a stone tower in Meteora, Greece in a picture taken in 1985tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb! }3 o/ {! W+ p- t) _' x* r
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( N I; a$ e+ f' c5.39.217.77Nerve-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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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
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) o+ Y% h' F! B: z( `8 c公仔箱論壇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( e* ~& Z# s! g) X2 j
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$ }2 \6 m5 j( R' K0 s9 B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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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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, [6 n. D+ m8 c* g/ NA 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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( |) z- s( P. t# OTVBNOW 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。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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