On a wing and a prayer: The extraordinary hanging monasteries that cling to the sides of cliffs
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/ C$ @; y) A! e M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 paths
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8 S+ m/ u2 R: @$ W$ n( `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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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公仔箱論壇& L$ e; u: ]" L' T+ c# U7 O9 ^
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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 mountain' d5 Z6 L1 R+ ^7 i, f3 H
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4 a. G: L' m2 ~- ]1 J6 `公仔箱論壇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, J* ]2 f. A; R v7 O% N5 o公仔箱論壇 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 D- s' M- ^6 o% \# W4 K. T' B8 X
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5 |9 j: Y- H2 V, x' }1 etvb 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
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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 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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Idyllic: The rock, pictured here at dawn, upon which the temple and monastery were built is a 'magma plug'
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! A5 N9 G6 t& p, y# b) m' i& ~tvb 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,bttvb, o9 y- Q: s) L: j( y, T. @- G
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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 15452 ]5 _* R" Y- x+ C" a
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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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4 x) _$ ]) o2 ~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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