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* G5 }& B$ N: c/ k
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. v) f5 x& |( D2 Y& 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 clouds公仔箱論壇8 r5 J5 G$ h0 j' K2 d
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" f* Y5 p7 }' e5 q& I/ j" PComplete 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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9 V/ e! _6 ~# g4 m. a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 country5.39.217.766 b8 O& _+ H5 K I
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3 @% E( c9 U0 I; Y- u6 _1 sVertigo-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 mountain2 _8 m( d2 Q* c- v
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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 buildings公仔箱論壇. `. g, |. K3 w
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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), D3 \' b V% B7 Q
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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 19855.39.217.761 _9 C: w; C* K. A
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+ T" U6 m5 A9 b1 Y8 qtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbNerve-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公仔箱論壇7 E# z3 H6 X: m5 \4 U8 G# f- t! n) f
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1 `8 z+ g! i) }; I: w# C) o5 M# n/ a2 CRich 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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3 e- Y6 M+ |2 E2 Z, e! R: }tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbEasy 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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1 P. y3 d& k$ `# P" L3 P; G1 N1 m( ]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$ A7 t7 C5 c) t; _' E# _% v
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4 `5 w3 `0 g7 {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 1545tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; u1 X, f X( z; I6 ?, u5 x) ]
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" ~. }4 N0 C' i2 t! @. p# ctvb now,tvbnow,bttvbA 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 entrance5.39.217.769 r+ e" l) J+ R' O9 N
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7 d) R3 f6 F' p+ T5 c vUp 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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