On a wing and a prayer: The extraordinary hanging monasteries that cling to the sides of cliffs
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+ Y2 A* Y0 n' S. a公仔箱論壇Gripping: This gravity-defying hanging monastery clings to the side of Mt Huashan in China and is only accessible via steep and dangerous pathsos.tvboxnow.com* p1 ]! S2 c* y% Y( ]8 N5 W% u
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' S9 J* }$ r4 W! W m2 I0 u" a; `公仔箱論壇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,bttvb2 j- j% H/ @5 w' d& m
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Complete 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 Y! s' Q, v5 J* M0 i% _: T/ E) mBetween 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 country9 \7 a( g- u7 i' g+ q f1 M
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$ c& c( ~4 W9 H& w! iVertigo-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公仔箱論壇# ^0 d8 N: s4 }# c3 Y! Y- {- P' S s7 h6 |
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# p6 T1 d8 U3 ?9 C& m- v$ sos.tvboxnow.comDon'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/ W% H8 t* W1 r! k( h' k! ~
! K V+ O- T# z$ R w& h/ C 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)$ I. K$ E' M" h1 D, 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 worldTVBNOW 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。& W( u) m5 x' r8 B5 Z
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- a/ ^4 ]) i- w6 n0 OBalancing 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% x9 s( `7 x( E4 |7 F3 h
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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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; W4 R: _( \ `9 v; R+ z% MIdyllic: The rock, pictured here at dawn, upon which the temple and monastery were built is a 'magma plug'os.tvboxnow.com3 t" j6 i& M, c' y$ O O
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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& G( a+ @& o8 }3 J
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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* i5 q# ]: K0 ~- `6 c7 R
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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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