Tag Archives: Mary Bon

Valparaiso : The Seaport City – Part 1: City Planning

Valparaiso, commonly known as Valpo, is the second largest city in Chile, and Gran Valparaiso (which includes Viña del Mar, Quilpué and Villa Alemana) is the third largest conurbation in the country, after Gran Concepcion and Gran Santiago. It is also the capital of the Valparaiso Province and Valparaiso Region, …

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Machu Picchu : The ‘Lost City’ – part 3 : Stonework

“…the stonework of the site remains as one of the world’s great examples of the use of a natural raw material to provide outstanding architecture which is totally appropriate to the surroundings.” ~UNESCO Author’s Own Photo – Mary Bon 1995 The Incas were masters of the ashlar polished drystone masonry …

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Machu Picchu: The Lost City – Part 2 : Engineering

  “…Machu Picchu was probably the most amazing urban creation of the Inca Empire at its height. Its giant walls, terraces and ramps seem as if they have been cut naturally in the continuous rock escarpments.”   ~UNESCO A pedestrian ‘ruta’ (route) known now as the Inca Trail was built …

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Machu Picchu – The Lost City : Part 1 : City Planning

“…Macchu Picchu is an outstanding example of man's interaction with his natural environment.”                                              ~UNESCO Machu Picchu, meaning "old peak." was found by Hiram Bingham an American historian in 1911. It is built on the site of a …

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