Room of the Three Windows, Machu Picchu, c. 1450
Room of the Three Windows, Machu Picchu, c. 1450 — three large trapezoidal openings frame the mountains of the Sacred Valley beyond the Sacred Plaza. Scholars believe the windows may represent the three realms of Inca cosmology, and their precise stonework ranks among the finest surviving examples of Inca masonry. © Lark Ascending, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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