On a wing and a prayer: The extraordinary hanging monasteries that cling to the sides of cliffs tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb( ~5 M% D7 Z f+ I6 z) e) q- k; H, O
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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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- `3 u3 j9 a5 h) VComplete 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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4 J3 l G8 A% p0 A1 _; L* Q+ Q公仔箱論壇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 countryTVBNOW 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。( Q- ~+ g1 S8 x) m" S) y) S
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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公仔箱論壇3 n1 e* e0 ~/ ^/ H4 T8 U1 F: i# z
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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 B% V$ A4 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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/ U! W: u. D. G3 ^4 mtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbBalancing act: The monastery of Roussanou at the base of a stone tower in Meteora, Greece in a picture taken in 1985TVBNOW 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 k/ x0 [! \, d7 z
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& W: f/ B9 I" ~5 dRich 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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) X/ m9 O& _ U4 j4 X' ntvboxnow.comIdyllic: The rock, pictured here at dawn, upon which the temple and monastery were built is a 'magma plug'
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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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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公仔箱論壇5 p! L5 Z" _( ?5 m9 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,bttvb$ w1 ?7 z/ a) m: e
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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: c5 B0 E* A) K8 H
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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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