Machu Picchu
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Cusco /
Santa Ana /
Hiram Bingham Highway / Machu Picchu Road
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Machu Picchu is a city located high in the Andes Mountains in modern Peru.
Machu Picchu = "Old Peak".
Machu Picchu is a well preserved Pre-Columbian town located on a high mountain ridge above the Urubamba valley in modern-day Peru. It is thought the city was built by the Inca emperor Pachacuti starting in about 1440 and was inhabited until 1532. The city was re-discovered in 1911 by Hiram Bingham. This World Heritage Site is a popular tourist attraction. The city has an altitude of 8,000 feet, and is high above the Urubamba River canyon cloud forest. Machu Picchu is comprised of approximately 200 buildings, most being residences, although there are temples, storage structures and other public buildings. Now one of the 7 new wonders of the World.
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360° aerial panorama:
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Machu Picchu = "Old Peak".
Machu Picchu is a well preserved Pre-Columbian town located on a high mountain ridge above the Urubamba valley in modern-day Peru. It is thought the city was built by the Inca emperor Pachacuti starting in about 1440 and was inhabited until 1532. The city was re-discovered in 1911 by Hiram Bingham. This World Heritage Site is a popular tourist attraction. The city has an altitude of 8,000 feet, and is high above the Urubamba River canyon cloud forest. Machu Picchu is comprised of approximately 200 buildings, most being residences, although there are temples, storage structures and other public buildings. Now one of the 7 new wonders of the World.
machupicchuruin.blogspot.com/
360° aerial panorama:
www.airpano.com/360Degree-VirtualTour.php?3D=Machu-Picc...
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machu_Picchu
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 13°9'52"S 72°32'39"W
- Sacred Valley of the Incas 29 km
- Ampay National Sanctuary 60 km
- Pisac 79 km
- Vinicunca (Rainbow Mountain) 151 km
- Vinicunca (Rainbow Mountain) 151 km
- Vinicunca-Coloring of the Mountain of the 7 Colors 154 km
- Rio Huaypetue gold mine 209 km
- Cotahuasi Canyon 210 km
- Colca Canyon 265 km
- Uros' Islands 404 km
- Cerro Machu Picchu 1 km
- Cerro Wayna Picchu 1.3 km
- Cerro San Miguel 2.5 km
- Llactapata Archaeological Region 4.7 km
- Machu Picchu Historic Sanctuary 10 km
- Kaiko 33 km
- Choquetacarpo 34 km
- Soirococha 56 km
- Panta 60 km
- Azulcocha 62 km
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