File:Lascar One of the 100+ granite stairways built in Machu Picchu (4548736518).jpg

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Description Stone steps are often completely carved out of a single piece of granite. We don't know why the Incas chose this complicated way for building stairs. It certainly ensures more stability over time, the fewer components are used, the more resistant the structures are. The stairs in the city are not all put together from single pieces of rocks, but are sometimes carved out of hard granite blocks. There are several such stairways in the city, single stone block stairs [rediscovermachupicchu.com]
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Source One of the 100+ granite stairways built in Machu Picchu
Author Jorge Láscar from Australia
Camera location13° 09′ 47″ S, 72° 32′ 44″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Jorge Lascar at https://www.flickr.com/photos/8721758@N06/4548736518. It was reviewed on 2 April 2014 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0.

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