Some of the world's finest stone architecture can be seen in the ruins of the ancient Inca city of Machu Picchu high in the eastern Andes Mountains of Peru.

在秘鲁安第斯山脉东部的马丘比丘古城遗址中，可以看到世界上一些最精美的石头建筑。

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Early Indian stone architecture, which was elaborately carved, was more like sculpture than building.

早期的印度石建筑通过精心的雕刻更像是雕塑而非建筑。

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Kathy: This used to be a gold mining town. That's how the people here had enough money to pay for the stone architecture.

卡西：这里曾是金矿重镇。所以这里的人才有足够的钱建造石材建筑。

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Stone architecture dating to the Ming and Qing dynasties (which ruled from 1368 to 1912) stands perfectly preserved 40m under Qiandao Lake in Zhejiang province, 400km south of Shanghai.

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Between the enclave of Dibba and the port town of Khor Fakkan, it is worth stopping to visit the oldest mosque in the UAE, the Al Bidiyah Archaeological Mosque, which has a distinctive architecture, built from stone and mudbricks in the 15th Century and topped by a pointed dome roof.

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Thankfully, some of Beijing's alleyway architecture is protected these days, with buildings marked by white stone plaques.

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