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
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) Y. t" t) i( s$ d: u. e kComplete 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 tigertvb now,tvbnow,bttvb: a/ l/ V% g: O% S8 e& n0 ^' O
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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 countrytvb now,tvbnow,bttvb {8 `% q$ x( q
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( I0 a# I5 ^) W, R" Y" S: L" m公仔箱論壇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* j+ u2 ^( B" I+ |) r) y9 l
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- ^6 S! o+ G; k0 I( W公仔箱論壇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 buildingstvb now,tvbnow,bttvb# D# ?5 T( P9 C% w
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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)
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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 worldTVBNOW 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。" T4 N. u: n5 m& A& h
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, w1 U) U4 w0 O0 ]6 t) J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
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) Y6 m7 w( |3 G7 r9 I5 l( ltvb now,tvbnow,bttvbNerve-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* l- {2 Y" \" T
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Idyllic: The rock, pictured here at dawn, upon which the temple and monastery were built is a 'magma plug'; n: o& X& B% q q: l
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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 monasteriestvboxnow.com \% d m, i9 y% n8 f
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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* {0 R9 ^5 Y9 B2 `! M0 V
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% ?! }% S' _# BPanoramic: The monastery of St Stephen, part of the Meteora complex in Greece, was built in the middle of 16th and decorated in or around 1545TVBNOW 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。" M8 X l5 d* }* t3 k& d
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# b0 R# _( P1 g9 h1 g4 P- B7 b1 Stvboxnow.comUp 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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