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Machu Picchu’s Stairway of Fountains

  • 30/10/2015
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The square chambers next to a staircase at the Inca city of Machu Picchu are part of an ingenious network of 16 fountains. One of the most spectacular examples of Inca hydraulic engineering is the “Stairway of Fountains,” built sometime after 1450 at the city of Machu Picchu. The fountains supplied the city’s inhabitants with […]