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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 paths5.39.217.76* r" b0 d5 B I$ t( [# {# }+ G
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& \4 F7 I8 A0 k0 L. x, O0 @' @5.39.217.76Closer 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 cloudsTVBNOW 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。/ e+ L4 D0 W. }- T% h( B
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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) y- r- X- \* e) L! ]1 X8 u
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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 countrytvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 i( ?" j" i3 r3 H( X6 b
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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 mountain0 q( U! ^! f6 V
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- u* _# N0 ?0 }- a; GDon'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 buildingsTVBNOW 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。+ ]5 T0 C' Y3 C% w
$ Y. C, l" A8 K9 k. n1 w5.39.217.76 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)5.39.217.760 y/ M/ V( Y7 l' R
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& C: u) ~. s% m5 h' X6 Z5.39.217.76Path 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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0 V9 c$ \! R& |0 s) z3 p' w* S& P公仔箱論壇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
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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 BC
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" ^+ _; h' M0 [! [tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbIdyllic: The rock, pictured here at dawn, upon which the temple and monastery were built is a 'magma plug'TVBNOW 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。' m; S4 X% d; U h; W _
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; c0 @' Q, U9 mtvb 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 Lanka
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5 U2 T# f6 V3 A/ A1 Xtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbPanoramic: 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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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 entrance2 j# z; _& f6 p) v
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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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