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Moray
(3,500 meters) lies 74 km from the city of Cusco. It is famous
for its sunken amphitheater, made up of four circular terraces
which appear to disappear into the earth like an artificial
crater. The site was apparently an Inca agricultural research
station designed for experimenting with crops at various altitudes
(some of which run down to depths of 100 meters). It is believed
that the terraces, built over containing walls filled with
fertile earth and watered by complex irrigation systems, enabled
the Incas to grow more than 250 plant species.
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