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The Torreon (or Observatory) at Machu Picchu, Peru, c. 1450 CE. The tower is a rare example of curved Inca architecture. The tower, as is typical of Incaarchitecture, incorporates natural features into its design. Below the structure a room was carved out of a cleft in the rock and used for the worship of the sun godInti.
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