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Andenes en el Valle Sagrado, en proximidad de Pisac, Perú
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Andenes en el Valle Sagrado, en proximidad de Pisac, Perú
This article is about the agricultural technique. For the Danish comedian, see Anders Matthesen.

The andenes are cultivation terraces. They were constructed and much used in the mountain range of the Andes, to produce cultivable hillsides with pendients excessive. The majority of these platforms were constructed by the pre-Hispanic cultures.


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