insider.si.edu: The Machu Picchu guidebook : a self-guided tour / Ruth M. Wright, Alfredo Valencia Zegarra
The Machu Picchu guidebook : a self-guided tour / Ruth M. Wright, Alfredo Valencia Zegarra
Machu Picchu was constructed in the classical Inca style, featuring finely crafted dry-stone walls. Notable structures include the Temple of the Sun, the Temple of the Three Windows, and the Intihuatana ritual stone.
Machu Picchu is a site of ancient Inca ruins located about 50 miles from Cuzco, Peru, in the Cordillera de Vilcabamba of the Andes Mountains. One of the few major pre-Columbian ruins found nearly intact, it was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1983.
Save this place to a Trip, where you can track your faves and get personalized picks as you plan. It's no wonder Machu Picchu is Peru's most-visited site. Dating to the mid-1400s, it's a marvel of mortar-free limestone architecture perched on a high plateau deep in the Amazonian jungle.
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Get facts, photos, and travel tips for the works of Machu Picchu, a World Heritage site in Peru, from National Geographic.
Get to know the history behind Peru's most famous site: the fascinating Inca citadel of Machu Picchu.
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