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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import dataclasses
+import sys
+from collections.abc import Iterator
+
+
+@dataclasses.dataclass
+class Point:
+    x: int
+    y: int
+
+
+def solve(input: list[list[int]]) -> int:
+    def up(p: Point) -> Iterator[Point]:
+        x = p.x
+        while (x := x - 1) >= 0:
+            yield Point(x, p.y)
+
+    def down(p: Point) -> Iterator[Point]:
+        x = p.x
+        while (x := x + 1) < len(input):
+            yield Point(x, p.y)
+
+    def left(p: Point) -> Iterator[Point]:
+        y = p.y
+        while (y := y - 1) >= 0:
+            yield Point(p.x, y)
+
+    def right(p: Point) -> Iterator[Point]:
+        y = p.y
+        while (y := y + 1) < len(input[0]):
+            yield Point(p.x, y)
+
+    def is_visible(p: Point) -> bool:
+        height = input[p.x][p.y]
+        for neighbours in (up, down, left, right):
+            if all(input[n.x][n.y] < height for n in neighbours(p)):
+                return True
+        return False
+
+    visibility = [
+        [is_visible(Point(x, y)) for y in range(len(input[x]))]
+        for x in range(len(input))
+    ]
+    return sum(map(sum, visibility))
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    input = [[int(c) for c in line] for line in sys.stdin.read().splitlines()]
+    print(solve(input))
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()