Situated 8,000 feet above sea level on a mountain ridge above Urubamba Valley in Peru is the magical engineering wonder, pre-Columbian Inca site Machu Picchu. Built in the classical Inca style during the height of the empire in 1450, Machu Picchu shined in its glory days with beautiful white granite walls, topped with gold-colored thatched roofs.
Discovered by Hiram Bingham, Machu Picchu contains 200 stone structures placed on a sophisticated set of approximately 700 fortifying terraces carved into the mountain. Peru’s wildly popular tourist attraction, the breathtaking archaeological site has three primary buildings, the Intihuatana, the Temple of the Sun… Continue reading
