On a wing and a prayer: The extraordinary hanging monasteries that cling to the sides of cliffs
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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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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# A4 P7 ]. k3 Y V
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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 country公仔箱論壇4 b2 U% e+ R$ U; c
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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 buildingstvb now,tvbnow,bttvb2 v$ D6 A& G8 R0 u( b# a, l
v- Z( ^8 X# h0 }& F4 N公仔箱論壇 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)3 L/ h1 S. ?& ]% `, { d
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Path to enlightenment: A stunning scene showing the Monastery of Roussanou in what must one of the most serene places in the worldtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb. O* ]2 c6 P5 e/ K5 H: Z
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2 q2 x( S- j1 ~" h* J G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 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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% g+ Q' l1 v+ x( P* q5 H E! |5.39.217.76Rich 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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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 monasteries5.39.217.764 B& t% g4 X' c& X
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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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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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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 entrance
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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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