Monday, August 2, 2010

Interesting Facts About Machu Picchu, Peru

Machu Picchu or the locals call it "Old Peak" is a naturala Inca site located 7,970 feet above sea level. Located high above a mountain ridge by the Urubamba Valley, which is 80 kilometers northwest of Cuzco and all the way through the Urubamba River flows. Archaeologists agree that the great engineering was built as an estate for the Inca emperor Pachacuti. It was regarded as "The Lost City of the Incas", and highly considered as the greatest and most familiar icon of the Inca World.

The Incas build the engineering and designed the site around AD 1400 for the community to live in for long generations to come but it was abandoned as an official site for the Inca rulers a century later at the time of the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire. Spaniards look for natives, but still not discovering the estate throughout the quest, still the natives abandon the Machu Picchu to live in a more productive land. Basically only the people living in Peru knew the real story and the site of Machu Picchu, but because of the international media, the world before being brought to international attention in the early years of the 20th Century. Given that fact, It has become a vital vacationers' destination.

It was built in the classical but comprehensive Inca style, with polished dry-stone walls. Its key buildings are the Temple of the Sun, Intihuatana, and the Room of the Three Windows. These can be found in what is known by archaeologists as the Sacred District of Machu Picchu.

It was confirmed as a The Country's Historical Attraction in the early part of the 20th Century and garnered a distinction as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Since the Machu Picchu was not plundered and destroyed by the colonizing Spaniards, its structure remained intact and became an important cultural location and is measured as a consecrated location based on the Incan's religion. Machu Picchu was acknowledged as a part of the New Seven Wonders of the World throughout a telephone and online polls accomplished by the New7Wonders foundation. In September 2007, Yale University in the United States of America and the government of Peru forged a pact regarding the artifacts to be returned to Machu Picchu which Hiram Bingham salvaged from Machu Picchu in the start of the 20th Century. An increasing number of people visit Machu Picchu all over the years. For this reason, there were dispute against a plan to build a bridge to accommodate the tourists better for the site as well. A no-fly zone still exists above the area. UNESCO is taking into consideration putting Machu Picchu on its List of World Heritage Sites in Danger.

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