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(in hispanicized spelling,
Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmatʃu ˈpiktʃu])
or machu pikchu
(Quechua machu old, old person, pikchu peak;
mountain or prominence with a broad base that ends in sharp peaks,
“old peak”,
pronunciation [ˈmɑtʃu ˈpixtʃu])
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*”machu picchu” is a 1400s ‘inca’ citadel situated on a mountain ridge 2,430 metres (7,970 ft) above ‘sea level’*
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(it is located in the ‘Cusco Region’, ‘Urubamba Province’, ‘Machupicchu District’ in ‘Peru’, above the ‘Sacred Valley’, which is 80 kilometres (50 mi) northwest of ‘Cuzco’ and through which the ‘Urubamba River’ flows)
(most archaeologists believe that ‘Machu Picchu’ was built as an estate for the ‘Inca’ emperor ‘Pachacuti’ (1438–1472))
(often mistakenly referred to as the “Lost City of the Incas” (a title more accurately applied to ‘Vilcabamba’), 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 3 primary structures are the Inti Watana, 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 Historical Sanctuary’ in 1981 and a ‘UNESCO World Heritage Site’ in 1983)
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(in 2007, “machu picchu” was voted one of the ‘new 7 wonders of the world’ in a ‘worldwide internet poll’)
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