On a wing and a prayer: The extraordinary hanging monasteries that cling to the sides of cliffs
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2 z7 B$ x7 O% ^; eGripping: 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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. c. j4 o* A3 }/ s8 I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 clouds
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, \' w- S8 |0 L4 U" S6 E' R' o公仔箱論壇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公仔箱論壇% z+ y1 {1 @8 k: d/ O
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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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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 mountainTVBNOW 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。+ r. N' m+ o! n( J6 a' J
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( d- v3 F1 O/ N3 w- O/ ~# \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
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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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* S9 \, p8 m# W |% f3 z. hPath to enlightenment: A stunning scene showing the Monastery of Roussanou in what must one of the most serene places in the worldtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb' ~5 n* L$ O: M7 Y
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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0 N) P8 d5 A. y) Z! i4 v! U! L/ j
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% F: z$ ^2 v1 H- s9 y7 ~tvb 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
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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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9 n ~. V; _* } B# \Idyllic: The rock, pictured here at dawn, upon which the temple and monastery were built is a 'magma plug'
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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, b/ b) k" Q& Q3 \
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; T- f2 `9 _, C( Z) |" F: `6 ZBeautiful: 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 Lanka5 z6 t- f8 e' B% R" {" c% X/ `8 w1 W* M
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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 1545tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 K! y2 y8 L8 X/ _2 I6 V3 F
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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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