On a wing and a prayer: The extraordinary hanging monasteries that cling to the sides of cliffs
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d* U: U' g, E. E5 X/ f! `5 ntvb now,tvbnow,bttvbGripping: This gravity-defying hanging monastery clings to the side of Mt Huashan in China and is only accessible via steep and dangerous pathsTVBNOW 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。1 Y5 s3 l/ Y2 E2 e1 _
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5 x" Z6 I! f7 o# qCloser 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 cloudstvb now,tvbnow,bttvb0 p8 @3 u; z* y) T2 E4 ?" o/ M
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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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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 country6 o& N0 y7 `2 I- W
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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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8 Y3 A* O& m& P+ n: h8 n aDon'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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: \0 W2 @) ?. O$ C- l7 Jwww1.tvboxnow.com 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)tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb( a `* W8 H n
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" p( S4 c6 {, {% I3 @& g# swww1.tvboxnow.comPath to enlightenment: A stunning scene showing the Monastery of Roussanou in what must one of the most serene places in the worldtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb3 C4 y9 K7 O3 @1 {
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/ ~( \# T+ Y B) [1 W9 ~/ f公仔箱論壇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+ l6 r4 q6 A' _) R3 I8 q
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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 Greece
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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'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。' u0 t! B0 x2 a' K- C1 i$ q
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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
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' ]* k8 e& i g$ {, U1 P公仔箱論壇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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^- F B& L0 v. q3 c8 l公仔箱論壇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! b* ^' d( P! r0 s) S! m& R. v6 I
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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 entrance
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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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