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Machu Picchu ... Peru!
Macchu Picchu - the “old peak” - the city of ancient America, located on the territory of modern Peru, 6 kilometers from the village of Aguas Calientes, on top of a mountain range at an altitude of 2450 meters above sea level, dominating the valley of the Urubamba River. In 2007 he was awarded the title of New Wonder of the World.
Also, Machu Picchu is often called the “city in ruins” or “the city among the clouds”, also sometimes called the “lost Inca city”.
Built by Pachacutec as an imperial residence, and with the goal of perpetuating his name in history, Machu Picchu was the third among such residences-shrines. By its modest size, Machu Picchu cannot claim to be a large city - there are no more than 200 structures in it. These are mainly churches, residences, warehouses and other facilities for public use. For the most part they are made of well-crafted stone, tightly fitted to each other slabs. It is believed that up to 1,200 people lived in and around it, who worshiped the sun god Inti there, cultivated new lands and built cities on terraces.
For more than 400 years, this city was forgotten and remained in desolation. He was discovered by an American researcher from Yale University, Professor Hiram Bingham on July 24, 1911, after the pilots saw him from an airplane. When he got here, accompanied by a government detachment of guards and a local guide boy, he discovered peasants living there. The peasants told him that they lived there "free, without unwanted visitors, officials, recruiting" volunteers "or tax collectors into the army."
Machu Picchu has a very clear structure. In the southeast, a complex of palace buildings is guessed. The stones of which they are made are processed so carefully that we can say with confidence: they were not built by the craftsmen who built the rest of the buildings. They were probably used as dwellings of dignitaries and nobles ...
The polygonal masonry impresses specialists with its precision of fitting granite blocks!
Machu Picchu ... Peru!
Macchu Picchu - the “old peak” - the city of ancient America, located on the territory of modern Peru, 6 kilometers from the village of Aguas Calientes, on top of a mountain range at an altitude of 2450 meters above sea level, dominating the valley of the Urubamba River. In 2007 he was awarded the title of New Wonder of the World.
Also, Machu Picchu is often called the “city in ruins” or “the city among the clouds”, also sometimes called the “lost Inca city”.
Built by Pachacutec as an imperial residence, and with the goal of perpetuating his name in history, Machu Picchu was the third among such residences-shrines. By its modest size, Machu Picchu cannot claim to be a large city - there are no more than 200 structures in it. These are mainly churches, residences, warehouses and other facilities for public use. For the most part they are made of well-crafted stone, tightly fitted to each other slabs. It is believed that up to 1,200 people lived in and around it, who worshiped the sun god Inti there, cultivated new lands and built cities on terraces.
For more than 400 years, this city was forgotten and remained in desolation. He was discovered by an American researcher from Yale University, Professor Hiram Bingham on July 24, 1911, after the pilots saw him from an airplane. When he got here, accompanied by a government detachment of guards and a local guide boy, he discovered peasants living there. The peasants told him that they lived there "free, without unwanted visitors, officials, recruiting" volunteers "or tax collectors into the army."
Machu Picchu has a very clear structure. In the southeast, a complex of palace buildings is guessed. The stones of which they are made are processed so carefully that we can say with confidence: they were not built by the craftsmen who built the rest of the buildings. They were probably used as dwellings of dignitaries and nobles ...
The polygonal masonry impresses specialists with its precision of fitting granite blocks!