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 cloudstvb now,tvbnow,bttvb$ a7 t. K) f4 |+ B) ]% A7 L+ w* A
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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 tiger9 n) L* I8 Q0 [/ t! N6 J |
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* P& H. S2 P1 Z% Z4 X1 ~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 mountain) x% b. S4 ^8 N7 C4 T# h w. T. G
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8 }0 \, I6 r* M9 A' z公仔箱論壇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 buildingstvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5 \# e, @4 m3 l/ d! P! f; n
* R( k. X: H" E8 t$ m2 o 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)5.39.217.77:8898$ L" f: [# h9 N* z
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+ x! B7 Y( p4 J- _: ^. Q5.39.217.77:8898Path to enlightenment: A stunning scene showing the Monastery of Roussanou in what must one of the most serene places in the world公仔箱論壇+ ]! I: X, Q4 D
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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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' U' e2 T- p3 U" T6 `公仔箱論壇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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4 ], |3 ?7 q( a$ l6 j j5 IIdyllic: The rock, pictured here at dawn, upon which the temple and monastery were built is a 'magma plug'
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0 k* ~2 J& l( A7 M/ j! Gtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbEasy 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$ A9 J% w0 L4 W4 M/ x3 E
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( Y0 _, q" I( C5 A) w5.39.217.77:8898Panoramic: The monastery of St Stephen, part of the Meteora complex in Greece, was built in the middle of 16th and decorated in or around 1545tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb0 w \: b" V: N8 C# k
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" b/ i0 X" Z* ^3 m' N; E5.39.217.77:8898A 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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# f3 ]7 h! k- @0 k% x1 I% D8 b0 cUp 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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