On a wing and a prayer: The extraordinary hanging monasteries that cling to the sides of cliffs 6 N7 E, H1 q8 I% l6 j( [
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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
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; I( G' O/ H. CComplete 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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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 country4 a2 T! P" S% A: u
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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 buildings5.39.217.76: y7 P& y( B P1 s! n
5 y# e& u1 P/ uTVBNOW 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。 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)
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. ~7 Q& {0 U6 O5 ]0 c( Q公仔箱論壇Balancing act: The monastery of Roussanou at the base of a stone tower in Meteora, Greece in a picture taken in 1985TVBNOW 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。7 X9 d9 t' Z! w% o$ o" h' c
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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 Greece2 j! l* R5 U2 R, _) }) \
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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 BCtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb3 `! ~% E) S, c5 U1 U7 s4 y
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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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: V* {' V( ]7 P7 W3 ~4 |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 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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" H" p* }3 I! A& qTVBNOW 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。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 entrancetvb now,tvbnow,bttvb, C" U5 b- ]! h( k7 a9 Q
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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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