On a wing and a prayer: The extraordinary hanging monasteries that cling to the sides of cliffs , V2 d% }& H6 y8 d# e3 a& N
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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 9 b2 \+ h1 l8 @9 ?$ x6 y& Y9 Z) `5.39.217.76TVBNOW 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。$ n( D7 L: {, X Z1 c8 o4 Q
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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 cloudstvb now,tvbnow,bttvb, Q8 X1 c' e& z! ?. t( v& r8 j& g
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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# r a# x. E' J$ R* D8 @# z, ]
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/ x9 Y3 {! N$ u- C A0 n' g9 P$ nBetween 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 2 O4 C& n1 f: T ' z2 i$ `( s- {6 ~ D' ~1 u( TTVBNOW 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。 T6 u+ h7 d- _; r6 @, c: \tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbVertigo-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 8 d9 A$ S4 f) V8 a1 ~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。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。- P1 c) O4 p/ [' b, Q
% k5 z! Z( o. ^tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbDon'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 8 t* I" M9 { V3 J. pTVBNOW 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。 ( C% N* N6 c" s4 Ttvb now,tvbnow,bttvb 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) % I- L% T# }1 f0 v$ iTVBNOW 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。 # k! b; C9 M# F3 v' f( g公仔箱論壇 ; M* C M$ I+ Q2 @* ttvb 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 - I7 a/ [; `) t% r1 GTVBNOW 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。 $ ?" v3 Z! s$ D1 E v# j5.39.217.76 - M( ?/ Z1 P+ U3 k
Balancing act: The monastery of Roussanou at the base of a stone tower in Meteora, Greece in a picture taken in 1985 # J& G+ E; d) C; l9 @. e; {6 q5.39.217.76 ! H' O" E2 b' z% M& `0 g& t" M公仔箱論壇 5.39.217.76, S) K9 j1 w, L0 d* n; a4 O$ l
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 5 |! H, P- m# I. H公仔箱論壇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。; @5 r1 S$ G3 p4 h. I- z; B
* C7 y/ Q. m* ?8 NRich 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 # j8 M0 U0 Z( f; Z& D5 \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。: v W$ m# M7 v
, o6 {' i" z/ O/ `* e公仔箱論壇Idyllic: The rock, pictured here at dawn, upon which the temple and monastery were built is a 'magma plug'5.39.217.768 m, J' ^ a) W1 x) I8 ] e2 J' q
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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 monasteries5.39.217.76: c1 o& {' w3 w: I# U
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5 l* n: P) c' z% [1 Q公仔箱論壇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 Lanka5.39.217.76- L8 o1 Q7 Y" J
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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 - g% L' P! B9 q) g O" ptvb now,tvbnow,bttvb( P! F" n5 u4 D/ I( n- K8 o; U) e
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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 entrance5.39.217.76. H2 c1 P7 ?4 _/ |- V1 n6 l
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5 D8 M6 \; Y) Z5 ktvb now,tvbnow,bttvbUp 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作者: violet0418ki 時間: 2012-5-28 03:06 PM
Where is it + z! c# ^6 U1 F( H' kSo beautiful W/ M$ s) R9 m0 `公仔箱論壇I want to live here too~作者: goeyt 時間: 2012-5-28 04:22 PM
大自然與人類-果然鬼斧神工作者: k23bb 時間: 2012-5-29 02:33 AM
大自然加上一些人工嘅建築掂晒作者: high10915 時間: 2012-6-10 09:28 AM