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Machu Picchu Peru History

Machu picchu is listed by unesco as a world heritage site.

Machu picchu peru history. The citadel of machu picchu has had several periods of occupation. It is perched above the urubamba river valley in a narrow saddle between two sharp peaksmachu picchu old peak and huayna picchu new peakat an elevation of 7710 feet 2350 metres. It is located in the machupicchu district within urubamba province above the sacred valley which is 80 kilometres 50 mi northwest of cuzcothe urubamba river flows past it cutting through the cordillera and creating a canyon with a tropical mountain.

Machu picchu is a 15th century inca citadel located in the eastern cordillera of southern peru on a 2430 metre 7970 ft mountain ridge. The ownership of the site was later passed to pachacutis successors. 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.

Taken from the chronicles the construction style and ceramics found has deducted the following.