On a wing and a prayer: The extraordinary hanging monasteries that cling to the sides of cliffs
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8 h5 A) B5 F6 g9 O# v& wwww2.tvboxnow.comGripping: 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。' F; N9 c# T+ W- B( ^8 A) W1 {6 ^
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- l0 F$ ] z4 E/ v& TCloser 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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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 tigertvb now,tvbnow,bttvb1 z, c- {: U2 k" E0 [
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9 `5 }9 G1 ~/ Z* j$ q/ Cwww2.tvboxnow.comBetween 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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/ Z. G" P8 t% R2 Pwww2.tvboxnow.comVertigo-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 C; w3 p0 _; J4 P! N1 wtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb 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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* s6 J8 S$ f. i/ Ywww2.tvboxnow.comPath to enlightenment: A stunning scene showing the Monastery of Roussanou in what must one of the most serene places in the world) ~" x' f* x$ C' B
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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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$ _6 R6 j* Q: s0 ]www2.tvboxnow.comNerve-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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! p, E5 o. I. d. cwww2.tvboxnow.comRich 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 BCwww2.tvboxnow.com+ \* J+ R) p9 m7 m, o: g2 H
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Idyllic: The rock, pictured here at dawn, upon which the temple and monastery were built is a 'magma plug'tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb( N$ ]6 V: _0 T+ u9 L" v" r
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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公仔箱論壇( i& m' U; O8 U
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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 Lankatvb now,tvbnow,bttvb1 [. e& B6 V2 M, Z" m+ Z
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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 1545- J, {6 _$ n2 w
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3 C f- |$ S1 O公仔箱論壇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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