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  2. Machu Picchu - Wikipedia

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    Machu Picchu lies in the Southern Hemisphere, 13.111 degrees south of the equator. [95] It is 80 kilometers (50 miles) northwest of Cusco, on the crest of the mountain Machu Picchu, located about 2,430 meters (7,970 feet) above mean sea level, over 1,000 meters (3,300 ft) lower than Cusco, which has an elevation of 3,400 meters (11,200 ft). [95]

  3. Wiñay Wayna - Wikipedia

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    Wiñay Wayna (2650 m) (Quechua for "forever young", Hispanicized spelling Huiñay Huayna) is an Inca ruin along the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu. It is built into a steep hillside overlooking the Urubamba River. The site consists of upper and lower house complexes [1] connected by a staircase and fountain structures.

  4. Sacred Valley - Wikipedia

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    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 sites and modern towns in the Sacred Valley.

  5. Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu - Wikipedia

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    The Historic Sanctuary of Machu Picchu [2] is a protected area in Peru covering over 35,000 hectares. It includes the natural environment surrounding the Machu Picchu archaeological site, located in the rugged cloud forest of the Yungas on the eastern slope of the Peruvian Andes and along both banks of the Urubamba River, which flows northwest in this section.

  6. Inti Punku - Wikipedia

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    From the Sun Gate, the Machu Picchu Mountain, Huayna Picchu Mountain, Vilcabamba/Urubamba River, and Putukusi Mountain are all visible. [15] Although the trail to Inti Punku is open all year, there is more rainfall from November to April. Due to the region's unpredictable weather, tourists are advised to be prepared with rain gear and sun ...

  7. Intihuatana, Urubamba - Wikipedia

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    Intihuatana (possibly from in the Quechua spelling Inti Watana or Intiwatana) [1] [2] at the archaeological site of Machu Picchu (Machu Pikchu) is a notable ritual stone associated with the astronomic clock or calendar of the Inca in South America. Machu Picchu was thought to have been built c. 1450 by the Sapa Inca Pachacuti as a country ...

  8. Architecture of Peru - Wikipedia

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    Machu Picchu, Cuzco. It was built before the fifteenth century on the rocky promontory that connects the Machu Picchu and Huayna Picchu mountains on the eastern slope of the Central Cordillera. It is stone buildings that makeup steps, terraces, and paths of a fortress that is wisely placed in its landscape.

  9. Intihuatana - Wikipedia

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    The most notable Intihuantana [1] is an archaeological site located at Machu Picchu [2] in the Sacred Valley near Machu Picchu, Peru. The name of the stone (coined perhaps by Hiram Bingham ) is derived from Quechua: inti means "sun", and wata- is the verb root "to tie, hitch (up)" ( huata- is simply a Spanish spelling).