Quebrada de las Conchas
The nature reserve with bizarre rock formations along the river of the same name is one of the most spectacular landscapes in northwestern Argentina.
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Heavily eroded sedimentary layers with breaches on the south side of National Route 68, called "the Windows."
A constructed Inca trail ran only a few meters from the current road. The archaeologists found a ramp about 50 meters long on a lateral slope, which overcomes a height difference of 60 meters. Its embankments, more than a meter thick, are made of hewn or specially selected granite stones and have been partially preserved to this day.
(Information from Christian Vitry, 2001
© Photos, summary: Binder & Haupt, Universes in Universe
The nature reserve with bizarre rock formations along the river of the same name is one of the most spectacular landscapes in northwestern Argentina.
Camino del Inca en la Quebrada de las Conchas
In: El Tribuno, Agenda Cultural, 7 January 2001
Checked in Portal de Salta, Nov. 2021