I was fascinated by the texture of the distinctive volcanic rock, known as sillar,
from which many of Arequipa's classical buildings are constructed. Hence this gallery of "Arequipa Surfaces."
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Note again the Inca motif in the sculpted face at top left,
from a church façade in the Yanahuara suburb (see detail below).
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