On a wing and a prayer: The extraordinary hanging monasteries that cling to the sides of cliffs tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb6 w7 _/ t- w2 i9 z* ]' g
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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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9 D) N5 p: F0 G+ ]' Jwww2.tvboxnow.comComplete 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( ?9 N% ?/ T+ }7 f% E8 Z
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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& e0 W l2 j: ^
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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 mountainwww2.tvboxnow.com4 `- c* l A4 ]# i- D1 e" V5 U$ x
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# Q8 e5 d8 ^ r; w6 L CTVBNOW 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。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 buildingswww2.tvboxnow.com/ l' I3 e$ W& ]" h3 t2 ?( `% i
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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)tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb3 S9 ~& K& u: e& @/ Y' V# }+ W$ R
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$ j- O0 y, D$ b; X4 H8 m: G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 1985, Z/ m" D4 r+ Q
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* e5 C7 F0 K! vTVBNOW 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。Nerve-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* h) R& G T! _/ o5 V+ Y% N, Q. Y* M, C
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4 \+ \. B6 ~( F2 M: Bwww2.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 BC5 Q, p! Z/ Y+ Q/ m# I, M
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% w1 ]- K; N& O! q公仔箱論壇Idyllic: The rock, pictured here at dawn, upon which the temple and monastery were built is a 'magma plug'
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; R; _ x( ~8 k9 [% P2 \tvb 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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9 [' L C, g6 j* G; {' ?" |7 Ntvb now,tvbnow,bttvbBeautiful: 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 Lanka6 E( }1 y/ s8 R* a5 Z. |5 f
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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 1545TVBNOW 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。1 @/ y/ T" ]" x2 r
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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 entranceTVBNOW 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。# T' E9 W% h9 ]( b) T
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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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