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 paths3 Y$ F4 U9 }8 j7 b8 O6 A8 T _
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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 cloudsTVBNOW 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。+ v+ `# a* ^3 i& D
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+ Y. s) z" F9 ~. c5 E. j w( Aos.tvboxnow.comComplete 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 tigertvb now,tvbnow,bttvb! J: ~ w9 {! k3 u& c% H
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8 J+ I& `2 f/ K0 O4 @- O8 NBetween 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 countryTVBNOW 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 E( u" d7 v! J! e0 v# f( |) |
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' C' d7 p: ]0 P7 c8 f0 ptvb 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 mountain
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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
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& k# a, a+ f9 {$ _0 u/ Q" ] Los.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)tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb/ t" m% L! y, ]) }, ?8 M
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' Z$ `5 T4 }/ d [tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbPath to enlightenment: A stunning scene showing the Monastery of Roussanou in what must one of the most serene places in the world' I) d, w4 j8 w, ?, ?7 q, g6 \
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) L. u. {# i. d' i4 C( Ktvb now,tvbnow,bttvbBalancing 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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* }% @6 h/ l, w" w- A r8 T5 S& W+ RRich 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 BCos.tvboxnow.com$ ~7 c& h$ X/ B0 F9 @) p1 W
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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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: p; z( ?9 m% ^; o' Z3 }3 v% fEasy 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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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 Lankatvb now,tvbnow,bttvb2 ?* E1 y! p+ h8 ^
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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
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) _ x, E7 p7 h9 {& Uos.tvboxnow.comA 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 entranceos.tvboxnow.com9 t* f) [6 M0 B- d. W5 G0 ~
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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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