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[cjm61]

@CelticCrafter @PA Mom-mom @Kachina624 

Okay, this was so intriguing I researched it. It appears it's not the castle Kachina was told but it looks very much like Predjama Castle. Still incredible. 

This is Dunalastair Castle. 

[Kachina624]

There are many monasteries that look similar in China, Nepal and thereabout.

[Cakers3]

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@CelticCrafter wrote:

If you Google it, that's not what it looks like.

It's either photoshopped or someone made a location mistake when the photo was posted.

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@CelticCrafter  I agree. I found a Turkish monastery which matches but not 100%.

Besides we only see the front of the structure while other pictures of similar structures show the back.

[cheriere]

That's just AMAZING!!!🤩 

[on the bay]

I looked up Predjama castle too and it does seem to be it. Built originally in the 1200's! and again after an earthquake-yikes!

It said it was built under a natural rocky arch orcave. But still I just can't imagine how they even got the stones up there! Just incredible.

It reminds me of Stonehenge.

How did they build it and so many other things we just don't know.

I always think these are incredible- This may be Collette Italy-

[Venezia]

This is it (you can google it):

 

Sumela Monastery, a Greek Orthodox monastery originally established around 386 AD nestled on a steep cliff at an altitude of 1200 meters, province of Trabzon, Turkey.

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And I would say they built it one brick at a time, from the ground up.

[Venezia]

There's a wonderful video about Dunalastair Castle on YouTube by Aerial Dreamers.

So much architectural beauty in what remains; it must have been wonderful before being vandalized and left to ruin.

Sad to think of those who must've lived there in better times.  The stories the walls could tell.

[cjm61]

@on the bay Isn't that Cinque Terra?

[on the bay]

Yes, @cjm61, you are so right and thank you.

That is~

"Cinque Terre is a UNESCO World Heritage site, which means that it is a valuable and protected place on earth. Feel like you have stepped back in time when you visit this collection of colorful medieval villages sitting high on the edge of the sea."

This was on the Collette tours website. I think it is so unusual and beautiful. I remember seeing it in a picture years ago.

Also I remembr learning about a tribe in South America that built homes into the cliffs hundreds of years ago.

It is amazing to me the things that have been built.

[AngelPuppy1]

That picture is just -- breathtaking!  How in the world did they build that thing?  I would think that they would try to preserve it in some way.  It's just amazing.  Scary looking but awesome!!!