On a wing and a prayer: The extraordinary hanging monasteries that cling to the sides of cliffs
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( M+ b# I* d( Z; t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 pathsTVBNOW 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。) a) ]7 u ]9 i4 ^0 `
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! n2 I3 w. E) \/ Uos.tvboxnow.comCloser 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: s% ^: Q$ n$ _; m' Q9 q
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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! `* ^6 e. Z( d& m
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8 P4 O2 q3 E! J1 h0 n) V1 V. z6 Qos.tvboxnow.comBetween 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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* P! D) \3 S. |4 ^9 Ttvb now,tvbnow,bttvbVertigo-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 mountaintvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 e K: p3 T& i7 d! d% j) d
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; U% k% n: ^* C" E$ ]os.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
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1 S) O3 ?( S c# w2 zos.tvboxnow.com 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)TVBNOW 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。0 r" E2 x" m/ D) q0 G6 D4 `
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1 j9 ~4 d+ ?- h! s- p0 g" t! W# YPath to enlightenment: A stunning scene showing the Monastery of Roussanou in what must one of the most serene places in the worldos.tvboxnow.com, L u2 J! i( s/ ^4 i. y1 q
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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
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: u0 A3 U8 n" {6 zTVBNOW 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。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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+ F4 g: X" E; }+ e/ S ltvb now,tvbnow,bttvbRich 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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, |$ V1 H2 Z7 N) @" pIdyllic: The rock, pictured here at dawn, upon which the temple and monastery were built is a 'magma plug'公仔箱論壇/ j4 A! j2 l/ z+ Y @0 P- I; l
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- o0 M/ z9 l1 L$ ^0 L& G& W9 |公仔箱論壇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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# j, Z8 ~8 q: D3 t7 N4 Wtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbBeautiful: 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,bttvb7 S; ^) P2 K1 C+ A
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5 r7 M0 |6 X: y8 v: a& w+ A: YPanoramic: The monastery of St Stephen, part of the Meteora complex in Greece, was built in the middle of 16th and decorated in or around 15453 S% N' l7 J9 h$ l* P/ P
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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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! T$ V1 ^( k" R; x0 c: l) c; N4 i4 [TVBNOW 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。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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