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Machu Picchu

Machu Picchu is a city of granite stairways and geometric shapes.

It displays wondrous scenic vistas along with its impressive human accomplishments. At one time the city shimmered with bright colors and brilliant gold reliefs in the Royal Residence and on the Temple walls.

Creative insight envisioned a fantastic city. The creative process fashioned terraces, stairways and stone buildings exhibiting an aesthetic blend of art, architecture and engineering.

Finally, astronomical alignments complete a celestial connection of the high mountain city to the southern sky.


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l Introduction l Main Gate l Guardhouse l Temple of the Sun l Sacred Plaza l Intiwatana l Sacred Rock l Plaza Walk l Temple of the Condor l Exit l Bibliography l MAP lContents l Homel