On a wing and a prayer: The extraordinary hanging monasteries that cling to the sides of cliffs www3.tvboxnow.com% h! {8 R/ y4 p0 L- D8 y- ^
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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 pathstvb now,tvbnow,bttvb! S, }7 T) B( `$ P% h! W1 L
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! ?7 l& r! p* Y2 x* kwww3.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 cloudstvb now,tvbnow,bttvb' w# Z- K3 w! ~2 B
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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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- R: M6 B8 J/ U$ M9 `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 countrytvb now,tvbnow,bttvb: M" R3 b$ L& N; H6 k3 \/ a
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. B$ \6 T' z, @7 Twww3.tvboxnow.comVertigo-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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& j" _1 ^& L# v/ G- utvb now,tvbnow,bttvbDon'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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Path to enlightenment: A stunning scene showing the Monastery of Roussanou in what must one of the most serene places in the world
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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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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 Greece1 R. D5 f% b1 l+ n
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, E9 B. g- P) r0 r5 J: |$ S- \/ h1 Z公仔箱論壇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, ~9 {* B# r! H- P! `% W
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Idyllic: The rock, pictured here at dawn, upon which the temple and monastery were built is a 'magma plug'www3.tvboxnow.com4 e+ b/ K, a8 B
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1 A2 H: a9 s3 x3 Y( h+ R5 W/ ^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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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 Lanka0 Q( k% _3 t% B, v. J& _2 w
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+ |2 `; u9 o' IPanoramic: 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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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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' W' u$ |0 q' [5 c( E7 a0 IUp 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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