On a wing and a prayer: The extraordinary hanging monasteries that cling to the sides of cliffs
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8 z' e. |* C/ c/ [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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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公仔箱論壇, E8 ~: Z" n& ]' ?' [
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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/ ~* @/ V1 [& C- z7 H1 Q" a
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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.com. Z' I$ ~# F# H6 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.com" n1 V0 k# v, A; O( p1 g9 h
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" S6 G/ j8 \5 j% Y ~4 Htvb 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
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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 BC1 Y3 u! C/ H: n
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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,bttvb0 a. _9 g! I3 q2 a' I
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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- C, Y. B' F" x$ s$ Y/ j( X
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: z( B; o. i: @# uwww2.tvboxnow.comPanoramic: The monastery of St Stephen, part of the Meteora complex in Greece, was built in the middle of 16th and decorated in or around 1545www2.tvboxnow.com8 @( c: k- t- t$ j& Q- J# N v8 N
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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 entrance公仔箱論壇2 G* F3 C* m# G6 l9 m {
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