Machu Picchu
Machu Picchu, Cusco - Peru: Machu Picchu (literally, "old peak") is a ruined ancient Incan town high on a mountain ridge in Peru. One of the most atmospheric and mystical sites in the world, it is located among spectacular mountain scenery about 6,750 feet above the
Historic sanctuary of Machu Picchu
MACHU PICCHU, Cusco - Peru
Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu
(Santuario Historico de Machu Picchu)
One of the most important and most visited PreColumbian sites in the Americas, an outstanding symbol of Peruvian national pride and Inca civilisation. The ruins are a uniquely sited royal winter retreat, religious sanctuary and mausoleum of the Inca rulers from Cuzco built around the middle 15th century, superbly constructed and integrated with a spectacularly beautiful landscape. Its sheltered and remote location has preserved a very rich endemic and relict flora and fauna, including the rare spectacled bear.
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COUNTRY: Peru
NAME: Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu (Santuario Historico de Machu Picchu)
MIXED CULTURAL & NATURAL WORLD HERITAGE SITE:1983: Inscribed on the World Heritage List under Cultural Criteria i & iii and Natural Criteria vii & ix.
IUCN MANAGEMENT CATEGORY V: Managed Resource Protected Area
BIOGEOGRAPHICAL PROVINCE: Yungas (8.35.12)
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Machu Picchu Tours
Machu Picchu, Cusco - Peru Machu Picchu (literally, "old peak") is a ruined ancient Incan town high on a mountain ridge in Peru. One of the most atmospheric and mystical sites in the world, it is located among spectacular mountain scenery about 6,750 feet above the Urubamba
Machu Picchu the lost city of Incas
Machu Picchu
Almost a century after its archaeological discovery and thanks to recent studies of sixteenth century archival documents, there are good arguments to suppose that the citadel of Machu Picchu was - like the pyramids of the pharaohs in Egypt or the tomb of the emperor Chin Shi Huan in China - the luxurious and well cared for mausoleum of the Inca Pachakuteq, founder and first emperor of Tawantinsuyu.
Machu Picchu Cusco, Peru
No one doubts that it is a sanctuary of superior social position built in a privileged place seven or eight days' journey on foot from the city of Cuzco. In Machu Picchu there are remains of buildings that were covered with gold, presumably with fantasy gardens, idols and offerings like those of the temple of Qorikancha in Cuzco.
