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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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5 q, X4 U7 Y9 l3 ~# u: dCloser 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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) o. L: r H8 @0 z, o( u8 }4 [tvb 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 tiger4 u! M- S4 a0 g
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3 G( j% V: V3 k" \3 U! ]; M) m- iBetween 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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' V4 @* }7 B% c# r公仔箱論壇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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 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- R4 W9 S) F7 ~# J
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2 S3 T* U# B+ ~2 x: i* f' ?Path 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* [" A6 ~" Y: o P
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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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9 x( F0 S; f& d+ b/ j& E8 wNerve-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 Greecetvb now,tvbnow,bttvb& `) E& Y. \' a' i1 `
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7 X9 v0 J4 {6 `' w( Wtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbRich 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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Idyllic: The rock, pictured here at dawn, upon which the temple and monastery were built is a 'magma plug'
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/ A; R$ e3 j" E; i8 Y% ATVBNOW 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。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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5 h$ ^1 _$ c9 |! M1 M: Ztvb now,tvbnow,bttvbBeautiful: 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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* ^3 x3 j, s$ l. m% JPanoramic: 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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. j: c7 c. p+ p+ v3 C2 P1 |TVBNOW 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 entrance5.39.217.77:88987 J+ I$ f6 S- ]
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" O2 l# @( p" c- Jtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbUp 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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