Architecture and Sex

Architecture and Sensuality

Adobe pueblos are inspired by simple structures that date from ancient times

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Some buildings, like the X-rated temples of Khajuraho, India are explicitly erotic.

Other buildings are sensuous because they are pleasing to both the eyes and the fingers.

Many people find adobe pueblo homes sensual, perhaps because they are hand-crafted from the earth.

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