On a wing and a prayer: The extraordinary hanging monasteries that cling to the sides of cliffs www1.tvboxnow.com6 N( J- Z! r; u
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/ P' b/ a% C4 M% a% d0 n$ iwww1.tvboxnow.comGripping: 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 cloudswww1.tvboxnow.com+ o" T9 ~7 ^5 H! ~3 k) D5 _
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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。3 z% e! Y6 a' H; W" J; A
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, F2 z/ Z- W5 t/ btvb 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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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 buildings
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3 Q _2 N, q4 u8 v# T( d: l 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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3 q+ S1 r2 N2 n2 [9 kwww1.tvboxnow.comPath to enlightenment: A stunning scene showing the Monastery of Roussanou in what must one of the most serene places in the world2 [7 d" j* C/ n. V2 }
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8 k0 W, f% W9 swww1.tvboxnow.comBalancing 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 o h4 i! M" r3 O6 ^3 [公仔箱論壇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+ G& t u+ N) S w( P9 b
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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'公仔箱論壇4 j$ n1 k ^- P
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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 monasteries0 n+ o% ?& |6 s% i% Z1 Y b
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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
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. g( j/ o: v- U' n9 s1 lwww1.tvboxnow.comPanoramic: 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公仔箱論壇! f' C0 o" p F8 X% K
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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 entrancetvb now,tvbnow,bttvb. I% c3 R5 _8 D2 n Q% U5 w, r7 W
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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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