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Antananarivo adopted this type fo house as seen so far, and even if the corrugated iron has gradually replaced tiles, these Tananarivian constructions continue to look good.
== Antananarivo and its staircases ==
''Text from Passport for Madagascar - 83rd edition, July/August 2014''
Built on a hill, 1,200 metres above sea level, the city of Antananarivo features multiple staricases certain of them narrow and steep, linking different neighbourhodds and other, wider ones descending from Antaninarenina and the opposite Ambondrona staircase to reach the [[Zoma Market|Zoma]] place (or what remains of it).
Two tunnels were also constructed to avoid long detours for the population: the Garbit tunnel, dug between 1914 and 1924 and the Cayla tunnel, dug between 1932 and 1935 allowing access to the eastern neighbourhoods of the city.
The Ambondrona staircase and Antaninarenina staircase are essential routes to reach the Zoma. From Antaninarenina it takes exactly 168 steps before reaching the place.
[[File:Antananarivo 003.jpg|600px]]
== Places to visit ==
