On a wing and a prayer: The extraordinary hanging monasteries that cling to the sides of cliffs
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* k. q v' V. N* dGripping: This gravity-defying hanging monastery clings to the side of Mt Huashan in China and is only accessible via steep and dangerous pathstvb now,tvbnow,bttvb0 `' Z$ P0 n: y- U: n" r4 n3 T! l
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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 clouds0 [% Q( u+ j: _1 W( S
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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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( Q7 C! l7 e+ s/ N$ b7 q) VBetween 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 countrywww2.tvboxnow.com, _, E& Y/ f1 [
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9 X& I' n8 P7 b, ` h3 q! gVertigo-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 mountain8 K) G1 ~6 |% [- N3 N) O
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" C% B @; ?1 E7 Z) r& H* etvb now,tvbnow,bttvbDon'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)
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# j% U3 }' W4 `6 R1 ^; w公仔箱論壇Path to enlightenment: A stunning scene showing the Monastery of Roussanou in what must one of the most serene places in the world
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; P0 _( y% o; L) d! B( d+ w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 1985tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb* g& T5 [. x( \- a `& b4 ?: H
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: L0 C5 f& s6 {8 ~6 KNerve-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 Greecewww2.tvboxnow.com+ y# P2 U# ]- @9 c5 [
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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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& S |$ p7 G, f* A$ ^www2.tvboxnow.comIdyllic: The rock, pictured here at dawn, upon which the temple and monastery were built is a 'magma plug'www2.tvboxnow.com! A* m" k R- o7 T' C! H
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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
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$ F% ?: m, r& N0 q; f/ I: G5 W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 1545tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb8 f0 W a* e: b% r# Q$ L
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* t7 C$ l3 m' {. YA 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( R- ?. O* x8 S0 w, V
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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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