On a wing and a prayer: The extraordinary hanging monasteries that cling to the sides of cliffs os.tvboxnow.com3 |$ S' h$ S: F3 z& x \, g
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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 pathsos.tvboxnow.com: l- j% R0 _: X F4 T! n" `- F
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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 cloudsos.tvboxnow.com- t* }# t, H/ ]3 V2 \
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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
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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 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。2 m/ f' y5 y- [& b; q! m/ e! b
+ ^: E. ~9 Y& W" e6 t. i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)0 T4 f2 S. h, ?
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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公仔箱論壇 h0 U* v L5 u
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" l/ W. ], e& ~9 c7 L8 Xos.tvboxnow.comBalancing 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 Greecetvb now,tvbnow,bttvb( m7 X% b4 l# G
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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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/ k n3 w8 v+ |6 l E9 o# ^Idyllic: The rock, pictured here at dawn, upon which the temple and monastery were built is a 'magma plug'os.tvboxnow.com( \) n- h- R9 I, F
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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 monasteries
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; s) }+ K0 S2 T4 y6 |; Q1 hos.tvboxnow.comBeautiful: 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 15451 S F0 G" M1 v7 x# q
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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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