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Moray
(3,500 masl) lies just 7 km away from Maras, although the road to it
is not always in good condition. This community is famous for its
embedded amphitheatre, formed by four circular terraces which seem
to disappear into the interior of the puna, like an artificial
crater. Evidence seems to suggest that Moray was an important centre
of Inca agricultural research on crops, which was carried out on
different sized plots located at various altitudes (some of which
were at more than 100 m underground). The Andean terraces, built on
retaining walls filled with fertile soil and watered via a complex
irrigation system, offer up more than 250 different types of
vegetables and cereals, such as corn, quinoa and kiwicha. |
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