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The Principle Temple in the Sacred Plaza with the pyramidal hill of the Intihuatana behind.

Due to subsistence, part of the wall around the Sacred Square has tilted off showing just how tight the joints of the rocks are normally. Most of the Incan construction is incredibly stable and virtual earthquake proof, standing as perfect hundreds of years later as when it was built. When Machu Picchu was operating, underground channels kept the site dry and fed water to the aquaducts and channels, however in the intervening centuries some have been blocked leading to waterlogging of the ground and some walls slipping.
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Author McKay Savage from London, UK
Camera location13° 09′ 50.75″ S, 72° 32′ 46.5″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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