On a wing and a prayer: The extraordinary hanging monasteries that cling to the sides of cliffs www2.tvboxnow.com3 B; @$ M' s4 F6 I
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( J; c* y4 x4 o5 ]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公仔箱論壇1 M2 f4 Y, j, @; n# g
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- V% q9 C. z/ T" m5 |2 ^公仔箱論壇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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% K* _5 X/ i& N; N% ptvb now,tvbnow,bttvbComplete 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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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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& b9 F9 R, i7 G& d$ dwww2.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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( q+ m& K) {& S- {# xwww2.tvboxnow.com 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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6 T3 p8 E( [% \; P4 r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公仔箱論壇, ~' j4 O* q9 h8 i5 s
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" S7 c. p: y! t/ W; o, nBalancing act: The monastery of Roussanou at the base of a stone tower in Meteora, Greece in a picture taken in 1985www2.tvboxnow.com/ l( l0 Q) h$ Z1 }$ q* P5 e" m+ ^
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3 F0 K: K8 g9 p% ^& f# B" t; ytvb 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 Greecetvb now,tvbnow,bttvb7 {' n5 b+ W8 ?
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( n- V/ [: X% U4 _/ IIdyllic: The rock, pictured here at dawn, upon which the temple and monastery were built is a 'magma plug'
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/ ^5 x% e6 \$ p; I公仔箱論壇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+ S5 u9 v8 n! l. ^ D8 p0 `
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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 Lankawww2.tvboxnow.com8 _; E+ S; N/ R' Q" c
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' |" D* ^# a% s8 }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,bttvb- W, W' ^' h7 H' |. x
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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 entrancewww2.tvboxnow.com( ]# I% v* D5 g. V0 j( T: C
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