EU: Sacsayhuaman fortress detail (1930)
1930 Cusco, Peru
The Sacsayhuamán fortress above Cusco, built by the Inca from enormous interlocking stones, is captured in close detail in this 1930 photograph. Some of the blocks used in its walls weigh many tons yet were shaped to fit without gaps.
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