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« Reply #6 on: June 01, 2012, 04:43:14 AM »



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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« Reply #7 on: June 01, 2012, 04:43:53 AM »



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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« Reply #8 on: June 01, 2012, 04:44:56 AM »



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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« Reply #9 on: June 01, 2012, 04:46:03 AM »



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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« Reply #10 on: June 01, 2012, 04:48:07 AM »





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

In Bhutan, the Taktshang Tiger's Nest monastery clings to a cliff 2,300ft above the Paro Valley floor.

According to legend, it takes its name from the 'second Buddha', Precious Guru Padmasambhava, who travelled to the site on a tiger.

Some visitors have reportedly fallen to their death on the way up after apparently losing their footing.

But the desire to build in such vertigo-inducing places isn't just confined to Asia. Turkey has its own, the monastery of Sumela, perched at an altitude of 3,900ft.
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« Reply #11 on: June 01, 2012, 04:50:56 AM »



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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