Connected Sites
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"There are over 100 caves at the site, all excavated from the basalt cliffs in the Charanandri Hills" (wiki)
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"The material used to construct the currais and buildings is largely composed of local, irregular, weatherworn, black basalt rocks." (official description)
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"The caves are hewn from solid basalt rock" (wiki)
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"unique artistic works carved out of the hard dolerite stone giving it a metal like finish with intact lustre" (OUV)
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"embodied in the well-preserved distinctive basalt architecture" (OUV)
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"Thimlich Ohinga was constructed using unshaped and random loose stones made from local basalt." (wiki)
See en.wikipedia.org
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"Some of the prominent edifices of old Bombay constructed from basalt include the High Court, .., the Prince of Wales Museum..." (IUGS)
See iugs-geoheritage.org
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"Basalt, a hard, dense stone used for toki and at least one of the moai." (wiki)
See en.wikipedia.org
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"wall construction using massive columnar basalt stones" (OUV)
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Metropolitan Cathedral façade and Templo Mayor are made of a red basalt, called tezontle
See www.researchgate.net
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"The caves are hewn from solid basalt rock" (wiki)
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"The principal structures of the fortress are situated on different levels of the upper third of the hill and were constructed in dressed stone (basalt) blocks with a rubble core." (OUV statement)
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