On a wing and a prayer: The extraordinary hanging monasteries that cling to the sides of cliffs 公仔箱論壇( n7 n( C! b( y( t1 `6 Z
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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 paths
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7 l! J/ A5 Q5 Y* t, Ztvb now,tvbnow,bttvbCloser 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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8 J3 H- x2 t# e; w8 \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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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 mountaintvb now,tvbnow,bttvb0 n- Y! e( A) ~% K* ^7 H! i4 @
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, G& N2 ~2 l* C+ {5 e+ H5 Pwww3.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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0 Z7 r5 t5 v( m$ h% h; T7 v+ f6 u 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 y& b" g5 F" c" x, N6 F+ V) ^
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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* s) \5 I( h3 N& ]$ C
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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 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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, G5 @) s/ W8 i* T7 d# W7 f# e9 s公仔箱論壇Idyllic: The rock, pictured here at dawn, upon which the temple and monastery were built is a 'magma plug'
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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,bttvb' U- X& }, u1 ]* d" O# U0 @. p
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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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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 entrancewww3.tvboxnow.com+ o1 U% R- i6 m
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$ I! T* \8 e% r, Mtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbUp 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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