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Machu Picchu, Peru
Imagine your rooms window looking out on this view… from nearly 8 thousand feet up…
This image was photographed in Southern Peru led by Neotropic Photo Tours and our Peruvian local guide for this portion of the trip; Fisher Chávez (fisherchavez@gmail.com) of Perú Nature Photography.
Machu Picchu, Urubamba Province, Cusco Region, Peru
“Over the Mountains | Of the Moon | Down the Valley of the Shadow | Ride, boldly ride | The shade replied | If you seek for Eldorado.” Edgar Allen Poe’s ghostly verse from 1849 encapsulates the myth of the lost city of gold, El Dorado, which tantalised Spanish and English colonialists in South America ever since their arrival in the 1500s. Hidden in the mists of the Peruvian Andes was the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu, shown here with its stone buildings and terraces of golden turf. The Spanish found no gold at Machu Picchu; in fact they never found Machu Picchu at all.
À Beira do Abismo. Abyss border
Machu Picchu is surrounded by deep valleys, what gives us the sensation to fly.
Machu Picchu, that means in Quechua "old mountain" you was recognized by Unesco, in 1981, as Cultural and Natural Patrimony of the Humanity. In 2007, one of the Seven New Marvels of the World was chosen by New Open World Corporation (NOWC
Machu Picchu é cercada por profundos vales, o que nos dá a sensação de estarmos voando.
Machu Picchu, que em quechua significa "velha montanha", foi reconhecida pela Unesco, em 1981, como Patrimônio Cultural e Natural da Humanidade. Em 2007, foi eleita uma das Sete Novas Maravilhas do Mundo pela New Open World Corporation (NOWC).
Vue grandiose en direction sud à partir de la Maison du Gardien.
Magnificent view south from the House of the Guardian.
My 5th visited of the New Seven Wonders of the World having seen the Colleseum in Rome Italy, the Great Wall in China, Taj Mahal in Agra India, and Petra in Jordan.
Machu Picchu is a 15th-century Inca citadel, located in the Eastern Cordillera of southern Peru, on a 2,430-metre (7,970 ft) mountain ridge. It is located in the Cusco Region, Urubamba Province, Machupicchu District, above the Sacred Valley, which is 80 kilometres (50 mi) northwest of Cuzco. The Urubamba River flows past it, cutting through the Cordillera and creating a canyon with a tropical mountain climate.
Most archaeologists believe that Machu Picchu was constructed as an estate for the Inca emperor Pachacuti (1438–1472). Often mistakenly referred to as the "Lost City of the Incas", it is the most familiar icon of Inca civilization. The Incas built the estate around 1450 but abandoned it a century later at the time of the Spanish conquest. Although known locally, it was not known to the Spanish during the colonial period and remained unknown to the outside world until American historian Hiram Bingham brought it to international attention in 1911.
Machu Picchu was built in the classical Inca style, with polished dry-stone walls. Its three primary structures are the Intihuatana, the Temple of the Sun, and the Room of the Three Windows. Most of the outlying buildings have been reconstructed in order to give tourists a better idea of how they originally appeared. By 1976, 30% of Machu Picchu had been restored and restoration continues.
Machu Picchu was declared a Peruvian Historic Sanctuary in 1981 and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983. In 2007, Machu Picchu was voted one of the New Seven Wonders of the World in a worldwide Internet poll.
My 5th visited of the New Seven Wonders of the World having seen the Colleseum in Rome Italy, the Great Wall in China, Taj Mahal in Agra India, and Petra in Jordan.
Machu Picchu is a 15th-century Inca citadel, located in the Eastern Cordillera of southern Peru, on a 2,430-metre (7,970 ft) mountain ridge. It is located in the Cusco Region, Urubamba Province, Machupicchu District, above the Sacred Valley, which is 80 kilometres (50 mi) northwest of Cuzco. The Urubamba River flows past it, cutting through the Cordillera and creating a canyon with a tropical mountain climate.
Most archaeologists believe that Machu Picchu was constructed as an estate for the Inca emperor Pachacuti (1438–1472). Often mistakenly referred to as the "Lost City of the Incas", it is the most familiar icon of Inca civilization. The Incas built the estate around 1450 but abandoned it a century later at the time of the Spanish conquest. Although known locally, it was not known to the Spanish during the colonial period and remained unknown to the outside world until American historian Hiram Bingham brought it to international attention in 1911.
Machu Picchu was built in the classical Inca style, with polished dry-stone walls. Its three primary structures are the Intihuatana, the Temple of the Sun, and the Room of the Three Windows. Most of the outlying buildings have been reconstructed in order to give tourists a better idea of how they originally appeared. By 1976, 30% of Machu Picchu had been restored and restoration continues.
Machu Picchu was declared a Peruvian Historic Sanctuary in 1981 and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983. In 2007, Machu Picchu was voted one of the New Seven Wonders of the World in a worldwide Internet poll.
Rainbow at Machu Picchu
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