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作者: vandas 時間: 2012-5-28 01:29 PM 標題: 隱世山林間

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 paths
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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 clouds+ o9 ^4 d) o3 n! O4 o9 a

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

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/ A, d1 U' v) |5 I

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
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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 buildingstvb now,tvbnow,bttvb' T: C- a# t5 O" J
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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)tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb. h9 H' H3 f4 l9 S
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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) A$ x7 M1 M% p, F/ P0 w
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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 Greecetvb now,tvbnow,bttvb6 ~3 X7 O7 N+ r# N2 x' z. b# ~% F! t
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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

Idyllic: The rock, pictured here at dawn, upon which the temple and monastery were built is a 'magma plug'
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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

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 Lanka9 ~7 R6 b8 D6 p/ X$ h# s; O# R" v
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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% }8 h9 Y( {+ d9 `) W0 M

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

作者: violet0418ki 時間: 2012-5-28 03:06 PM

Where is it
So beautiful
I want to live here too~

作者: goeyt 時間: 2012-5-28 04:22 PM

大自然與人類-果然鬼斧神工

作者: k23bb 時間: 2012-5-29 02:33 AM

大自然加上一些人工嘅建築

掂晒

作者: high10915 時間: 2012-6-10 09:28 AM

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作者: alwertng 時間: 2012-6-10 09:01 PM

thank you for your sharing, its really beautiful

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