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Machupicchu

Machu Picchu (Machu quechua, old, and pikchu summit, namely "old peak") is the contemporary name given to a llaqta (formerly populated Andean Inca) stone built mainly in the mid-fifteenth century in the rocky promontory joining the mountain Machu Picchu and Huayna Picchu in the eastern slopes of the central Andes, south of Peru. Its original name was Picchu or Piche.

According to documents from the mid-sixteenth century, Machu Picchu would have been one of the residences Pachacútec or Inca Yupanqui (the largest Inca emperor, 1438-1470). However, some of its finest buildings and ceremonial evident from the main gateway to llaqta demonstrate that it was used as a religious shrine. Both uses, the palace and shrine, would not have been inconsistent. Some experts seem to have ruled, however, an alleged military, so the popular descriptions of "strength" or "citadel" could have been overcome.

Machu Picchu at the same time is considered a masterpiece of architecture and engineering. Its unique architectural features and landscaping, and the veil of mystery that has woven around him much of the literature published on the site, they have become one of the most popular tourist destinations on the planet.

Machu Picchu is on the List of World Heritage Site by UNESCO since 1983, as part of a whole set cultural and ecological known as the Machu Picchu Historical Sanctuary.

On July 7, 2007 Machu Picchu was chosen as one of the new wonders of the world in a ceremony held in Lisbon, Portugal.

Description of Machu Picchu

The area built in Machu Picchu is 530 meters long by 200 wide and includes at least 172 precincts. The complex is clearly divided into two main areas: the agricultural zone, consisting of sets of farming terraces, which lies to the south and the urban area, which is, of course, that where they lived and where its occupants were the main civil and religious activities. Both areas are separated by a wall, a moat and a staircase, elements that run parallel to the slope of this mountain.

Inca roads and Surroundings

Machu Picchu, as an integral part of a region of great economic movement in times of Pachacutec, was integrated into the network of roads Inca Empire. Using these routes can be, until now, access to other nearby Inca complex that are of great interest. To the north, by way of the bifurcations of Huayna Picchu can be reached at so-called Temple of the Moon or the top of the mountain where there are buildings Incas. To the west is the road to Intipata and passing through the famous "bridge removable." Another way, which amounted Agustin Lizarraga, leads to the river and San Miguel.

To the south, however, is best known route and the principal of all, which is the most popular trekking route in Peru. The Inca Trail to Machu Picchu is a journey of between 3 and 4 day crossing which in the late fifteenth century was the main access route to Machu Picchu, which began at the Complex Llactapata and passed by the ceremonial centers of Sayacmarca, Wiñay Wayna and Phuyupatamarca, to finish at the "tambo" Intipunku, "checkpoint" Entrance domains of Machu Picchu and endpoint of the trail.