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Yosemite Valley is one of the best and most famous rock climbing centers in the world; climbers flock from all over the country to take up the challenge of its sheer granite walls.
Steep, narrow tunnels lead to a tiny funerary chamber furnished by a simple granite sarcophagus.
Linhares boasts a stretch of Roman road and a scenic medieval castle with splendid views of granite peaks and the Rio Mondego valley.
(Tim Russert [NBC's Meet the Press ], Cokie Roberts [ABC's This Week ], and Wolf Blitzer [ Late Edition ] assert that McCain is ahead in the Granite State; only Bill Kristol [ This Week ] points out that McCain's two-point lead is statistically meaningless.)
Enteringthemaincourtyard of the temple, you will findaperistylehall(with onerowofsupporting columns)decoratedwith flutedcolumns that werecommissioned by the Queen Hatshepsut,andseveralimpressivestatuesofRamses II in black and red granite.Perhapsthemostfascinating element of the hall is the Mosque of Abu El Haggag which was built within the temple complex to protect the tomb of a 12th-century descendent of Mohammed’s brother-in-law.