On a wing and a prayer: The extraordinary hanging monasteries that cling to the sides of cliffs
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, Q, ?' j) L1 mGripping: 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* ], r9 y( M5 f# C$ _) h
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- X; Y3 e4 B) _; f4 QBetween 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' P7 }" V2 ^( [7 ~5 ~9 I" m* C
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7 a" G8 t6 w6 ]5.39.217.77:8898Don'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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& h4 a* {/ ~8 F3 U5.39.217.77:8898 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)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。9 I, O! Q, G* ]0 Q/ t1 s
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7 |1 i+ m. z# k3 f, J6 f. `5.39.217.77:8898Balancing act: The monastery of Roussanou at the base of a stone tower in Meteora, Greece in a picture taken in 1985' ?6 I5 D4 r) t7 }$ \9 f
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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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Idyllic: The rock, pictured here at dawn, upon which the temple and monastery were built is a 'magma plug'( b( l/ ]% N! V( r7 I7 k) F
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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 p* R0 w/ e5 r9 J" e
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8 F3 N8 ?9 G: Y4 [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 Lankatvb now,tvbnow,bttvb7 e; k3 t* R M1 ?7 @/ `# l
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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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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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