Machu Picchu (pronunciado /ˈmɐt͡ʃʊ ˈpɪkt͡ʃʊ/ en quechua, «monte viejo») es el nombre contemporáneo que se da a una llacta —antiguo poblado incaico andino— construida antes del Siglo XV, ubicada en la Cordillera Oriental del sur del Perú, en la cadena montañosa de Los Andes a 2430 metros sobre el nivel del mar.
- Mixto
- 08680, Cusco
Machu Picchu is a pre-Columbian 15th-century Inca site in Peru, in South America. The Incas built the city on a mountain ridge, 2430m above sea level. They lived there between 1200 and 1450 AD. Other people lived there before about 650 AD. The Incas built houses, fields and temples by cutting the rock on the mountain so it was flat.
- 1572
- 2,430 metres (7,970 ft)
- c. 1450
Machu Picchu is a 15th-century Inca citadel located in the Eastern Cordillera of southern Peru on a 2,430-meter (7,970 ft) mountain ridge. Often referred to as the "Lost City of the Incas", it is the most familiar icon of the Inca Empire.
- c. 1450
- Cusco Region, Peru
- 1983 (7th session)
- Latin America and the Caribbean
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Mar 29, 2023 · Machu Picchu, also spelled Machupijchu, site of ancient Inca ruins located about 50 miles (80 km) northwest of Cuzco, Peru, in the Cordillera de Vilcabamba of the Andes Mountains. It is perched above the Urubamba River valley in a narrow saddle between two sharp peaks—Machu Picchu (“Old Peak”) and Huayna Picchu (“New Peak”)—at an ...
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Machu Picchu is a 15th-century Inca citadel located in the Eastern Cordillera of southern Peru on a 2,430-meter mountain ridge. For most speakers of English or Spanish, the first 'c' in Picchu is silent. In English, the name is pronounced /ˌmɑːtʃuː ˈpiːtʃuː/.