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2. Machu Picchu - Wikipedia

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   Machu Picchu[a] is a 15th-century Inca citadel located in the Eastern Cordillera of southern Peru on a mountain ridge at 2,430 meters (7,970 ft). [9] Often referred to as the "Lost City of the Incas", [10] it is the most familiar icon of the Inca Empire. It is located in the Machupicchu District within Urubamba Province [11] above the Sacred ...

3. Inca Trail to Machu Picchu - Wikipedia

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   663,069.68 ha. The Inca Trail to Machu Picchu (also known as Camino Inca or Camino Inka) is a hiking trail in Peru that terminates at Machu Picchu. It consists of three overlapping trails: Mollepata, Classic, and One Day. Mollepata is the longest of the three routes with the highest mountain pass and intersects with the Classic route before ...

4. Inca aqueducts - Wikipedia

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   Machu Picchu, the most famous and well preserved of Inca archeological sites, contains a complex aqueduct system. Construction of Machu Picchu began as an estate for nobility around the mid-1400s under Emperor Pachacuti. Inca engineers in Machu Picchu were able to use an ingenious stone collection system to increase the yield of the perennial ...

5. Sacred Valley - Wikipedia

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   The Sacred Valley was incorporated slowly into the incipient Inca Empire during the period from 1000 to 1400. [1] The Sacred Valley is a major tourist destination. In 2019, 1.6 million people, the majority non-Peruvians, visited Machu Picchu, [2] its most famous archaeological site. Many of the same tourists also visited other archaeological ...

6. Inca architecture - Wikipedia

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   The famous royal estate of Machu Picchu (Machu Pikchu) is a surviving example of Inca architecture. Other significant sites include Sacsayhuamán and Ollantaytambo . The Incas also developed an extensive road system spanning most of the western length of the continent and placed their distinctive architecture along the way, thereby visually ...

7. Ancient temple and theater 3,500 years older than Machu ...

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   Ancient temple and theater 3,500 years older than Machu Picchu discovered in Peru. Amarachi Orie, CNN. July 11, 2024 at 8:50 AM. Archaeologists in Peru have unearthed the remains of what they ...