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 clouds5.39.217.765 A- A; A; O4 a9 j6 o
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5 Z; [6 u7 g8 utvb now,tvbnow,bttvbComplete 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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4 ^6 a% h# K6 C' w4 CBetween 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 country5.39.217.768 }" j' y% e: A/ a2 i' ?
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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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/ n0 b9 }# u5 `' j公仔箱論壇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 buildingsTVBNOW 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 j0 x' z! {) E* [ {
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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)7 _6 @1 w( Y) K
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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 world
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Balancing act: The monastery of Roussanou at the base of a stone tower in Meteora, Greece in a picture taken in 1985公仔箱論壇# r; S( M0 y0 a5 V0 o3 Q* t0 o
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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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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 BC5.39.217.76" c, K$ R0 L# W& R7 _8 x
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" f) y# @' F0 T2 m- g公仔箱論壇Idyllic: The rock, pictured here at dawn, upon which the temple and monastery were built is a 'magma plug'
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/ n; `/ C r! `5 H" BEasy 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% h. C- X% b! s( r4 z
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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 Lankatvb now,tvbnow,bttvb# y3 q0 R$ T+ T5 d7 C8 K
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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 15458 ~! L2 y5 ?9 }% {
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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 entrancetvb now,tvbnow,bttvb% Y9 F0 E! R; g) r3 C
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, I9 L& O0 B, M( X* m3 g+ u- CUp 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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