On a wing and a prayer: The extraordinary hanging monasteries that cling to the sides of cliffs
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# ~/ O) ?# G& i' F0 g: O公仔箱論壇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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+ V! E2 i% R b- STVBNOW 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。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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# t+ ~$ [. A2 v$ O- s, |公仔箱論壇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 tiger5 ]+ W" @0 S" q; `
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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 country
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0 }) s8 @& }( ?$ ~/ p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公仔箱論壇: ^0 Q; A( \8 F* J! ?
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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+ A& y, ^8 Y' e, t @
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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)www2.tvboxnow.com5 r8 e) i/ \8 ]* ~
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' y6 t* M9 u0 H g; WPath 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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F& ]/ r* z- ^6 z4 y( c4 J4 jBalancing 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。) Z4 I- _( p5 T* y: G$ Y1 \. e
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m7 }5 V6 w& g+ @& D- H6 |tvb 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" \" w8 W7 C9 q# k
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5 b/ S* G! \/ R; I' m7 @公仔箱論壇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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' b2 `9 z6 n& ctvb now,tvbnow,bttvbIdyllic: The rock, pictured here at dawn, upon which the temple and monastery were built is a 'magma plug'
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: w+ ^' P ^- m% C) T$ ftvb now,tvbnow,bttvbEasy 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 Lanka3 x3 Y! H0 ~* ^- A
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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
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( a1 W# [9 }* r" O& PTVBNOW 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。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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2 r# u$ v) l& ^. ~" y& Q O wwww2.tvboxnow.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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