On a wing and a prayer: The extraordinary hanging monasteries that cling to the sides of cliffs 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。& r" L( i: C7 N: Q: @( U6 ~/ c
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- \7 c8 ?: D8 ^2 QGripping: 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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1 C% G( b' A7 dCloser 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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$ U. R( { e0 {. w* KComplete 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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$ g8 k+ C0 |' Z/ k2 mtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbBetween 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公仔箱論壇# \( k) k: q% v; e, z
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( a2 _% W6 O/ H- ?$ i m7 Y8 @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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7 P4 w2 |$ ~/ X- m% ^, }+ J 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)公仔箱論壇2 A/ L3 T, ]) @/ {* ~
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- l: j* y: |# [% j3 ^& ltvb now,tvbnow,bttvbPath 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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Balancing act: The monastery of Roussanou at the base of a stone tower in Meteora, Greece in a picture taken in 1985
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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公仔箱論壇7 R) x: D# ~' S& U- ~
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' @9 ?* q2 t5 Z+ F3 Ktvb now,tvbnow,bttvbIdyllic: The rock, pictured here at dawn, upon which the temple and monastery were built is a 'magma plug'公仔箱論壇* `; } w f1 n
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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
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5 E; p% m% n, |$ V$ A$ O iBeautiful: 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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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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% }( P2 H' {$ Y1 x% U- ]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。! c4 d/ Q# W: y: F! m9 `
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7 @9 Z1 r) ~! S' [. C, z5.39.217.76Up 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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