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' X* z! W( L' R! E4 C
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: n! }) @; S, f3 LCloser 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 cloudsTVBNOW 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。9 @4 \3 |$ K1 Z5 n! ~& p9 k
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- L; o* k9 H, j/ Y+ ~9 k公仔箱論壇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
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& l2 U7 S1 S3 b% n; qtvb 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 mountaintvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 H* [6 [7 [% `7 m
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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)
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/ B7 Z/ _, R1 X& @2 X6 i公仔箱論壇Path 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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7 [* W: G7 i" g2 wTVBNOW 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。Balancing act: The monastery of Roussanou at the base of a stone tower in Meteora, Greece in a picture taken in 19855.39.217.763 Q9 V g# H! a0 ^. [& w
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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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4 |* q. O8 D8 o/ Y- f- \, A+ mIdyllic: The rock, pictured here at dawn, upon which the temple and monastery were built is a 'magma plug'tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5 D l; f q* ]9 [- m
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L7 G; V, x# X( u1 `" @7 s5.39.217.76Easy 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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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" G/ t3 U$ ^3 u6 H
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) Z+ d6 N, t+ `& N! d' }5.39.217.76Panoramic: 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# y0 _' A4 t' M" U* j' I
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* x6 G5 d6 S* S: U& XA 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- W/ B: a5 H+ [1 L# a
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2 M& G2 f4 d% Y y6 R9 H6 ?5.39.217.76Up 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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