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Ten Isolated, Gravity-Defying Monasteries You Can Visit Around the World
Monks have been seeking spiritual enlightenment at these sites on steep cliffs, inside caves and atop an extinct volcano for ...
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Greece: The full list of UNESCO sites (places you need to see at least once in your life)
From the Acropolis in Athens to the mysterious Meteora ... monasteries where time has ground to halt. Visitors, mostly pilgrims, come here in seeking peace and serenity, surrounded by a ...