On a wing and a prayer: The extraordinary hanging monasteries that cling to the sides of cliffs
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) G" n, q( q* U& V5 _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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' v8 [. m5 E( ytvb now,tvbnow,bttvbBetween 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' ^4 L! a" V, o5 v* r9 I
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* s$ O: T6 L7 I" j! Wwww3.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公仔箱論壇6 ]" D% o0 g: x1 T3 n r/ t! n( D
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a# x( I+ C- G& ^+ f$ Twww3.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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 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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^( O, n9 B% W1 R3 WPath to enlightenment: A stunning scene showing the Monastery of Roussanou in what must one of the most serene places in the world6 C! }8 _% V' W
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; n n- l$ d5 Y" F6 W7 ]www3.tvboxnow.comBalancing act: The monastery of Roussanou at the base of a stone tower in Meteora, Greece in a picture taken in 1985' G/ W9 x- F+ U# U- N
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1 o; |. [2 g7 M& U" i公仔箱論壇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'/ X% ~$ U4 d/ v3 C4 N$ W* O4 }
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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公仔箱論壇/ ~0 n9 g* ?; ^# X8 F
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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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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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