Stunningly Precarious Mountain and Cliff Dwellings
Precarious-cliffside-monastery-phuktal
If you are hardy and adventurous enough to trek high into the Himalayas, you will eventually spot one of the most breathtaking monasteries in the wor…
Stunningly Precarious Mountain and Cliff Dwellings
Precarious-cliff-village-bonifacio
long the limestone cliffs of Bonifacio in Corsica are a number of precariously perched buildings that look to be at risk of collapse any day. But the…
Stunningly Precarious Mountain and Cliff Dwellings
Clifftop-village-castellfollit-de-la-roca
The tiny town of Castellfollit de la Roca takes up less than one square kilometer in Catalonia. The houses and other buildings are built right up to …
Stunningly Precarious Mountain and Cliff Dwellings
Cliffside-village-manarola
Italy is full of picturesque seaside villages, but Manarola, Cinque Terre is certainly one of the most precariously placed. It’s hard to say just how…
Stunningly Precarious Mountain and Cliff Dwellings
Cliff-dwellings-meteora-monasteries
It would be impossible to gather a collection of precarious dwellings without a mention of the Meteora monasteries in Greece. Meteora translates lite…
Stunningly Precarious Mountain and Cliff Dwellings
Cliff-houses-holman-house-australia
When the owners of this piece of cliffside real estate wanted to build a home here, the architects nearly wouldn’t take it on. The stunning finished …
Stunningly Precarious Mountain and Cliff Dwellings
Cliff-houses-hanging-houses-of-cuenca
Among the most famous of all cliff houses are the hanging houses of Cuenca in Spain. This ancient village found itself with a need to expand in the 1…
Stunningly Precarious Mountain and Cliff Dwellings
Precarious-clifftop-homes
We humans like a bit of adventure, as a rule. We drive fast, we hang glide, we even eat bacon with breakfast. But for the most adventurous among us, …
