The Machu Picchu in Peru

July 8th, 2007 by Shenron

The Machu Picchu is an ancient Inca Empire relic often called “The lost city of the Incas” and it is over seven thousand feet up in altitude. Originally a city constructed around 1450 by the Incas it was abandoned just a century later, when the empire fell at the hands of the Spanish conquistadors - it was never found by the Spaniards and hence preserved, forgotten for four hundred years.

Machu Picchu is separated into three sectors with them being given names, such as the Sacred District, the Popular District, and the District of the Priests and Nobility - a royal or high ranking Inca zone that most commoners would not have been allowed into. All the architecture is classic Inca stonework and strong massive construction, with over a hundred flights of stone steps carved in granite and fountain systems throughout. It was not until 1911 that this hidden or lost city was rediscovered by the world, although the locals knew of it quite well. Since then it has become a popular visiting location for those wishing to be “adventurous” with over four hundred thousand visitors in 2003.