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公仔箱論壇- E$ v6 X, R" v) m
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0 k) |3 Q% Y" z( o2 zCloser 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 tigerTVBNOW 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。6 s' B" H; d7 D; K- |
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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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! f M4 K) \+ |. Q& F5.39.217.77:8898Vertigo-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 mountain4 `, y# K; b3 R* V0 t5 o
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$ K6 ~/ X( _+ C$ k1 }0 G& a% G4 y5.39.217.77:8898Don'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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 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)! f3 |4 R# b6 R' U9 ?
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3 g x8 @1 K, E& Y2 d8 vPath to enlightenment: A stunning scene showing the Monastery of Roussanou in what must one of the most serene places in the world' `5 \1 e& t5 F8 W
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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 GreeceTVBNOW 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。5 Y* o8 @. X0 K8 e6 g
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1 P5 x8 s/ I8 _! F5.39.217.77:8898Rich 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。& M5 M, e. h9 Z5 N3 p" a, e
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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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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 Lankatvb now,tvbnow,bttvb! Q& @0 ~: F$ Z" t; k. E6 D# o
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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 1545tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5 d9 D. {9 \7 A
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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 entrance6 }! {# r2 o: T9 n
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9 M: r, |6 l5 \/ z# T/ O5.39.217.77:8898Up 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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