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  2. Inca Trail to Machu Picchu - Wikipedia

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    Patallacta viewed from above. Trekkers normally take four or five days to complete the "Classic Inca Trail" but a two-day trek from Km 104 is also possible. [3]It starts from one of two points: 88 km (55 miles) or 82 km (51 miles) from Cusco on the Urubamba River at approximately 2,800 metres (9,200 ft) or 2,600 metres (8,500 ft) elevation, respectively.

  3. 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 the Urubamba Province [ 11 ] above ...

  4. Temple of the Moon (Peru) - Wikipedia

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    The Temple of the Moon is an Incan ceremonial temple on Huayna Picchu near Machu Picchu, in Peru. The site is made up of stone masonry and an open-face, shallow cave. In the center of the cave is a stepped sculpture carved out of rock. Beside the stepped sculpture are steps that lead deeper into the cave. It is thought that the caves were used ...

  5. Inca architecture - Wikipedia

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    Inca architecture is the most significant pre-Columbian architecture in South America. The Incas inherited an architectural legacy from Tiwanaku, founded in the 2nd century B.C.E. in present-day Bolivia. A core characteristic of the architectural style was to use the topography and existing materials of the land as part of the design. [ 1 ]

  6. Inca complex at Písac - Wikipedia

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    Inca. Designation. El Parque Arqueológico de Pisaq (Pisac National Archeological Park) The Inca complex at Pisac is a large Incan complex of agricultural terraces, residences, guard posts, watchtowers and a ceremonial/religious centre located along a mountain ridge above the modern town of Pisac in the Sacred Valley of Peru.

  7. Patallacta - Wikipedia

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    Patallacta (possibly from Quechua pata elevated place / above, at the top / edge, bank (of a river), shore, llaqta place (village, town, city, country, nation), "settlement on a platform" pronounced "pahta-yakta"), Llactapata or Q'ente Marka (possibly from Quechua q'inti hummingbird, marka village, "hummingbird village") is an archaeological site in Peru located in the Cusco Region, Urubamba ...

  8. Inca Bridge - Wikipedia

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    The Inca Bridge (rope bridge) This Inca Bridge was an ancient Inca grass rope bridge [5] out of Machu Picchu, crossing the Urubamba River southeast of Cusco in the Pongo de Mainique. Every one or two years, a replica bridge is constructed from dried grasses and wood. The biannual changing of the bridge is celebrated as a major event by locals.

  9. The Chilean Inca Trail - Wikipedia

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    The Chilean Inca Trail. The Chilean Inca trail (El Camino del Inca en Chile) is a local and popular term among local tourism initiatives [1][2][3] and Chilean anthropologists and archaeologists [4] for the various branches of the Qhapak Ñan (the Inca road system) in Chile and its associated Inca archaeological sites.

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