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) C" K! ]8 C" J7 c8 @8 L
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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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/ v- W) I0 T8 wtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbBetween 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
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7 q f+ B* O7 gtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbDon'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公仔箱論壇 U4 M, c* I% k. k* H
7 [ i9 l( g- O3 W/ k. Y5.39.217.77:8898 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)
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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公仔箱論壇+ ^7 |/ W1 ~8 e3 |. N- P, i0 B; E( _
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' v! S6 f7 N$ |3 K/ w- l0 |Balancing act: The monastery of Roussanou at the base of a stone tower in Meteora, Greece in a picture taken in 1985公仔箱論壇+ a }/ Y7 t* q7 M s7 [. Y
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0 S) G0 Y' e0 U2 o9 K# y: B* 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。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公仔箱論壇9 W, `9 ^6 b" R: R: [' K3 ^ S& u
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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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; s# I5 `) J, R- @4 D! ?* w" wIdyllic: The rock, pictured here at dawn, upon which the temple and monastery were built is a 'magma plug'
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, I) w" _& T4 U% S6 F5 P1 ~tvb 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公仔箱論壇$ A) a& y6 m `: j# ?) [
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- }$ T4 v$ X4 x" U/ J, ~6 f5.39.217.77:8898Beautiful: 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公仔箱論壇4 u' {2 S) r+ e" i. _0 G% ^0 \% a
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* A0 Y( D; T; H: x; ?1 KPanoramic: 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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0 Z0 X* r; n5 s& t {tvb 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 entrance1 l/ r" @% J5 e- D5 ?/ O) W
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1 ?+ X# ?) c8 L4 v0 V/ Z2 k5.39.217.77:8898Up 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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