On a wing and a prayer: The extraordinary hanging monasteries that cling to the sides of cliffs 5 I' D3 P- v* b. i3 L6 N x
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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- U w- _+ D3 A7 {
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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 clouds5.39.217.762 R4 [* o6 G( y: W0 J0 c/ V
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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 tigerTVBNOW 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。4 S" r( s! |" u0 E8 Y; ~: j
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" K0 O& ]- J5 Z4 w$ M$ R6 @4 W7 W2 U2 j5.39.217.76Between 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 country5.39.217.769 o% ~9 e) J: n7 Y
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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 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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 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), j2 y* B( U9 g" S5 ^* Q6 D
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5 ~5 E: Z, k, n3 @5.39.217.76Path 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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/ n1 _' B. ?5 V; R* n! h" m- ]% UNerve-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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Idyllic: The rock, pictured here at dawn, upon which the temple and monastery were built is a 'magma plug'
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7 x: X7 S" t x7 Q' c4 ~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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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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