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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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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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
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- f2 U2 [: V% H5.39.217.77:8898Between 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 countryTVBNOW 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。8 u, K( ^0 u' F! b
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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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) `& P% Z- R; s3 y* v# |* Y9 [tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb 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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Path 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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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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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 BCTVBNOW 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。% H- {2 Y1 g2 n2 K8 C
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- m- q% W. w, X- L! l. j6 c1 Z3 kIdyllic: The rock, pictured here at dawn, upon which the temple and monastery were built is a 'magma plug'公仔箱論壇. w# R. d# O, A: f# {$ ?5 u
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5 d2 I. ^% @: W1 n( J- q& _5.39.217.77:8898Beautiful: 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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5 O, a$ n- x$ s# Z4 o' OPanoramic: 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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% g6 T+ R: m8 B2 s: \9 rtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbA 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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7 X( {( j- F" G公仔箱論壇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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